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Wednesday Storytime

What: December’s theme

is “Christmas Around the World.” Children will hear holiday stories and make an orange pomander, which is a great-smelling decoration.

When: Wed. Dec. 9, 10 a.m.

Where: Roundhouse Railroad Museum, 601 W. Harris St., Cost: $4/child with regular adult admission Info: 912-651-6823. http:// www.chsgeorgia.org/

The Christmas Station What: Savannah Christian

Church presents a production about the reason for the season, when a cynical business man returns home for the holidays.

When: Wed. Dec. 9, 7 p.m., Fri. Dec. 11, 7 p.m., Sat. Dec. 12, 7 p.m., Sun. Dec. 13, 7 p.m., Wed. Dec. 16, 7 p.m.

Where: Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd. , Cost: $5/general admission, $2.50/military

Film: City of Lost Men (USA, 1940) What: A campy sci-fi

adventure packed with bad dialogue, leftover props from the original “Frankenstein” and tons of dated, politically incorrect subject matter in a story about a mad scientist living in a jungle.

When: Wed. Dec. 9, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5

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What: Fresh food and food

products.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 9 a.m.

Where: South end of Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St., Cost: Free

Thursday

AASU Commencement

Ben Sollee

What: Armstrong will

What: Savannah

Bike Campaign presents a show from pop cellist Ben Sollee, who is touring the Southeast by bicycle, and carrying his cello with him. Bike ride at 6pm, music starts at 7:30pm.

When: Thu. Dec. 10, 6 p.m.

Where: Blowin’ Smoke, 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Randall Nelson

What: Coastal Museums

Association presents this presentation by Nelson, the sculptor responsible for restoring the terra cotta “red lion” destroyed by a car accident on Bay Street.

When: Thu. Dec. 10, 6 p.m.

Where: Mickve Israel, Monterey Square Corner of Bull and Gordon, Cost: Free

The Club One Christmas Party What: One of the wilder

holiday parties will feature performances from Lady Chablis and local rock heroes Liquid Ginger.

When: Thu. Dec. 10, 7 p.m.

Where: Club One, 1 Jefferson St. Cost: $20 or unwrapped toy of equal value

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Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, A Man for All Times

What: A national traveling

exhibition organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of

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graduate 700 undergrads at two ceremonies.

When: Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-1 pm Where: AASU Sports Center, 11935 Abercorn St.

Civil War Event 2009 Abeni Culural Arts’ annual show is Saturday American History.

When: Fri. Dec. 11-Wed. Dec. 16 Where: Southwest Chatham Library, Rio Road Cost: Free Info: 912-925-8305.

Red Hot Raku Friday What: Join ceramics

specialist Matt Maggioni to learn about the ancient art of raku. Participants will select a ready-made bisque piece, glaze it, and watch its firing. Local ceramics artists are invited to bring their own work to fire.

When: Dec. 11, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Where: S.P.A.C.E. Gallery , 9 W. Henry St. , Cost: $10/firing fee, free to watch Info: http://www.savannahga.gov/arts

Theater: Kiss Me Kate What: Savannah Children’s

Theatre presents their production of the classic Cole Porter musical.

When: Fri. Dec. 11, 7 p.m., Sat. Dec. 12, 7 p.m., Sun. Dec. 13, 3 p.m.

Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. , Cost: $10-12 Info: http://www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org/

A Holiday Cabaret

What: Little Theatre of Savannah presents this boisterous holiday program. Directed by Grace Diaz Tootle.

When: Fri. Dec. 11, 8 p.m., Sat. Dec. 12, 8 p.m., Sun. Dec. 13, 3 p.m.

Where: Freight Station Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. , Cost: $20/general, $15/discount, $10/children Info: http://www.littletheatreofsavannah.org/

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Forest Keeper 2nd Saturday Event

What: Celebrate the one

year anniversary of the Savannah Tree Foundation volunteer group at the site where 200 trees were planted last year.

When: Dec. 12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Pooler Recreation Complex Info: 912-233-TREE

Forsyth Farmers’ Market

What: Program commemo-

rates the 1864 March to the Sea. When: Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: SavannahOgeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center, 681 Ft. Argyle Rd (Rt. 204), Cost: $5/adults, $1/kids age 4-12

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music

for a complete listing of this week’s music go to: soundboard.

SSU Commencement What: Rep. John Barrow

will be the speaker.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 10 a.m.

Where: Tiger Arena

Deck the Paws

What: Coastal Pet Rescue

sponsors this animalfriendly holiday event, including photo opps with Santa, adoption info and the Deen Brothers.

When: Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: River’s Edge Campground, Tybee Island Info: www.coastalpetrescue.org/

Garden City Toy Run

What: Garden City Police

Dept and the Southeast Motorcycle Superstore host this ride to help needy families. Registration 9am.

When: Dec. 12, 11 a.m.

Where: Garden City Police Dept., 4828 Augusta Ave. Cost: $15 or unwrapped toy of equal value

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art

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Festival of Lessons and Carols

church’s music ministry presents the story of Christmas in word and song. Featuring performances from their hand bell choirs and carolers.

When: Dec. 13, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Historic Christ Church, 28 Bull St. Cost: Free

What: Celebrate the holi-

days and raise awareness of cancer.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Where: Oglethorpe Mall

Holiday Tour of Homes

What: Downtown Neigh-

borhood Association presents this opportunity to view some of Savannah’s stately homes.

When: Dec. 12, 11 a.m.

Where: Historic District Cost: $30 Info: dnaholidaytour. com/

Family Campfire Night

What: Stories, stargazing,

S’mores and nocturnal animals. Pre-Registration required. Call: 395-1503 When: Dec. 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center Cost: $7-12 Info: oatlandisland.org/

Tybee Christmas Parade

What: Parade begins at 14th Street Parking Lot and ends at Tybee Gym where there will be a photo op with Santa.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 3 p.m.

Cost: Free

City Market Holiday Event What: Twinkling lights

and holiday spirit light up City Market for its annual holiday event.

When: Dec. 12, 6-9 p.m.

Where: City Market

Lecture: ‘Lincoln: A Journey through History’

What: Steve W. Schaefer,

former director of the Uncle Remus Regional Library, offers a “tour” of Lincoln literature over the past 144 years.

When: Dec. 12, 11 a.m.

Where: Southwest Chatham Library, Rio Road Cost: Free Info: 912-925-8305

38th Annual Victorian Tea

What: Enjoy a formal tea,

and a trip back in time.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 3 p.m.

Where: Battersby-Hartridge House, 119 E.

Charlton St. Cost: $20 Info: savannahvictoriantea.com/

Abeni’s 3rd Annual Christmas Show What: Annual holiday

show and fundraiser for community dance group Abeni Cultural Arts.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 7 p.m.

Where: St. Pius Resource Center, 705 E. Anderson Cost: Donations accepted

Christmas Dinner with the Garrison

What: Historical holiday

dinner, caroling and a firing of Christmas guns.

When: Sat. Dec. 12, 7 p.m.

Where: Fort King George Historic Site, Darien Cost: $30

The Nutcracker in Savannah What: The Savannah

Danse Theatre and the Savannah Philharmonic presents this classic with a Southern twist - it’s set in Savannah in 1945.

When: Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $27-50 Info: 912-525-5050

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Holiday Tour of Inns What: The Downtown

Neighborhood Association presents this walking tour of some of Savannah’s finest inns.

When: Dec. 13, 12:30 p.m.

Where: Historic District Cost: $20 Info: dnaholidaytour. com/

Jepson Gospel Brunch

What: Features Savannah

Children’s Choir.

When: Dec. 13, 12:30 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: Free for members, $15/non-members; Brunch $20

Benedictine Christmas Concert

What: Annual show fea-

tures performances from Cadet Chorus, Ceremonial Brass, 13th Colony Barbershop Chorus and Savannah Barbershop Youth Chorus.

When: Dec. 13, 7 p.m.

Where: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 222 E. Harris St. Cost: $5

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Sunday

What Cheer!

1st Annual Floating Christmas Parade

vannah’s professional Chamber Choir, presents a holiday concert.

When: Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Where: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Skidaway Cost: $15/general, $10/ students Info: 912-925-7866.

What: Parade of

decorated boats starts in Chimney Creek and ends at Crab Shack. Benefits Second Harvest Food Bank. Fee is non-perishable food item.

When: Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m.

Where: The Crab Shack , Tybee Island

53rd Annual Tri-Church Festival

What: Joint celebration

of Bull Street Baptist, St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox and St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran churches.

Choirs, manger scene, tours and reception.

When: Dec. 13, 6 p.m.

Where: Corner of Bull and Anderson Cost: Free Info: 912-233-8895.

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Community Chanukah Celebration What: Features rabbis

from three synagogues, traditional foods and children’s activities.

When: Dec. 15, 6 p.m.

Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: Donations: $18/ family, $7/adult, $5/child cs

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environment: The

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography gets a large grant to study climate change in the Arctic. by jim morekis

city notebook:

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DeRenne corridor take shape, but controversy remains. by patrick rodgers

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Christmas roundup: Not everyone

is gone for the holidays -- Lauren Lapointe is among the performers this holiday season. by bill deyoung

For those of you who were out of town or under sedation last week, a severe weather alert for Wednesday afternoon prompted a community–wide reaction — overreaction, in the minds of some — including the cancellation of half the school day on very short notice.

Parents received, at most, about half an hour’s notice from local school officials that they were to come pick up their kids at noon (1 p.m. for elementary schools).

In years past, this last-minute decision would have been untenable. The public would have been outraged.

But this time, for the most part it actually worked smoothly. The word spread around town like wildfire, through a variety of means.

Automated calls (most to cell numbers) came from the school system, along with internet postings. Within minutes that was followed by an avalanche of people using Twitter, Facebook, and texts to further disseminate the info.

The fact that the expected severe weather didn’t materialize in the immediate area — though it certainly did further inland — doesn’t make the event any less noteworthy.

The weather event showed what is emerging as the real day–to–day value of web–based technology: Not as a freewheeling forum for fringe political opinion or unlimited “free” content (free to you but definitely not free for those of us in the business of generating it), but as a real–time source of practical information.

Let’s face it: Most of the internet has pretty much turned to crap. Search engine results, once the core of online research, are now as bogus as a forwarded e–mail in an election year.

Outfits like Demand Studios and eHow pay untrained, unaccountable “content providers” pennies to quickly generate sketchy articles tailor-made to appear at the top of the results for specific search terms. The value or accuracy of the article is irrelevant — its only purpose is

to garner page views.

And don’t get me started on the aggregator sites like Huffington Post, whose “business model” largely consists of hijacking links and packaging the content as their own.

No, in terms of content, the regular internet — Web 1.0 — has reached a saturation point, like a piece of ground that’s full of rain and can’t contain another drop (to continue our weather metaphor).

Web 2.0 — social media, Facebook in particular — is the new face of the internet, so much so that many media outlets, Connect Savannah included, use Facebook pages to direct people to their websites, rather than vice versa.

I did find the aftermath of the weather kerfuffle to be interesting as well. There were the usual accusations that the local media, meteorologists in particular, overhyped the weather alert, and that the school board panicked in its call to shorten the school day.

This kind of Monday morning quarterbacking is part and parcel of Savannah life, and just because it’s predictable doesn’t make it correct. I understand the reaction, but don’t agree with it.

As inconvenient as it may be to get a call on short notice to pick up your child from school, it would be far more inconvenient to get a call with the news that your child’s school bus overturned in heavy winds. However tardy it was in coming, the school board made the right call.

As for local media, we’re very lucky to have meteorologists like Pat Prokop — who, not coincidentally, is also well ahead of the curve in using social media to inform the public — who take their jobs as seriously as they do.

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Speaking of children, I’m very proud to say that my daughter Sophia is dancing the lead role of Clara in this weekend’s performance of The Nutcracker by the Savannah Danse Theatre, with live accompaniment by the Savannah Philharmonic under the direction of Peter Shannon (Sophia’s photo, taken by Christina M. Bunn, is one of our teaser photos on the cover this week). For more, see Bill DeYoung’s piece on page 26.

And speaking of holiday-themed events, be sure to check out our in-depth roundup of Christmas shows on page 29. cs

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Using hindsight to criticize such experts after the fact is an exercise in anti-intellectualism that’s particularly pervasive locally, and especially ludicrous considering how easy we have it weather–wise here.

The truth is that apart from the not-insignificant threat of hurricanes, Savannah has one of the most user–friendly climates in America.

The northeast is nearly as hot and humid as Savannah in the summer, and buried in snow most of the winter. The midwest sees subzero temps all winter long. In the mountain west, a four–wheel drive vehicle is mandatory to cope with the four months of snow and the four months of mud that follow. California has earthquakes, wildfires, and drought.

The truth is we’ve got it easy here, and that’s precisely the reason for the notorious local overreaction to the slightest out of the ordinary weather event.

My advice: Enjoy it. Revel in the fact that Savannah totally freaks out when a storm approaches. When your boat is that easily rocked, it means you’ve got pretty smooth sailing most of the time.

Be thankful — not disappointed — that last week’s storm didn’t materialize as the weather man predicted.

Most of all, be thankful for the unexpected gift of a little more precious time to spend with your children.

Editor, About last week’s Editor’s Note: If you think Broughton Street is bad, you should come over to Beaufort and see Bay Street. Pathetic. I moved here recently and do appreciate the Southern charm and the history.

As you said, Savannah is a gorgeous city with priceless architecture, incredible trees...and of course, the squares.. The historic district decorations, to me, are fairly good.

Broughton Street, however, is just awful. Those wreaths that are strung over the street look like something from the Depression era.

You didn’t mention that the cheap, Walmart bows are not only cheap and tacky....they’re BLUE and WHITE! They must have been on sale, left over from the fourth of July.

Thanks for writing that editorial. I hope you can get the relevant organizations motivated. As you said, Savannah is a jewel.....it just needs some quality, serious, professional input. Especially now.

Mary Jane

Returning to the scene was a crime

Police were dispatched to a business in regard to an individual acting in a disorderly manner and running in front of traffic. Upon arrival, officers found the subject lying in the parking lot.

The woman stated that she had a few drinks and fell over while walking on the property. The officer offered the woman a ride home, but she refused. He told her she needed to leave the property and not return that day. She said she understood and walked away. Almost two hours later, police received another call from the same location about a person refusing to leave the property. The officer found the same woman trying to hide in the store.

She smelled strongly of alcohol and her eyes were red. She was unable to stand up without assistance. She was charged with trespassing and public drunkenness.

• A man walked into a drugstore and according to the clerk was acting very suspiciously. The clerk left the register area for a moment and when she returned, she found the man holding a basket and loading it with cartons of cigarettes. She attempted to ask the man what he was doing, and he fled on foot in an unknown direction. She called the police and told them the store has a surveillance camera, which recorded the incident. She was unsure at the time, but believes that the man stole six cartons of Newports. She was given a CRN and advised on warrant procedures.

• A woman called police to report that three females came to her residence and made verbal threats. The witness advised that she had to bring the complainant inside the house when one subject named “Jazzy” said she was “strapped” and was going to get the complainant. Neither “Jazzy” nor her accomplice “Precious” were actually seen with a weapon. There had been issues with the suspects in the past.

• Police responded to an armed robbery call at a liquor store on the day before

Thanksgiving. A suspect in his early 20s with a high pitched voice and nervous demeanor entered the store around 10 p.m. and pulled a black .38 caliber pistol on the clerk. He demanded money and she complied, giving him about $150 worth of small bills from the register. Another clerk witnessed the whole thing take place. The store was robbed last month, and they suspect it was the same culprit. The store has video surveillance.

• Two shoplifters were caught at the Wal–Mart on E. Montgomery Crossroad.

An officer arrived to fill out ban forms for the individuals. An employee stated that one of suspects may have stuck some merchandise in her bra, and the officer took the suspect to the restroom to do a search. It was discovered that she had stuffed a small bag containing a leafy green substance believed to be marijuana into her undergarment. Neither shoplifter was charged with shoplifting, but both were banned from the store. One was charged

with possession of marijuana, the other was released into the custody of her mother.

• Police arrived at the scene of a burglary in progress, having been advised that someone had been shot. Upon arrival it was determined that the shooting victim had driven himself to the hospital. Someone on the scene told police that the victim had called her to say that he’d been shot. A neighbor said that she heard noises coming from next door and saw the victim exiting from the rear of the house. She asked if he was alright and he said “No, those dudes shot me.” A crime scene was established and forensics arrived. The victim was met at the hospital by a detective who would further investigate. cs

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Commercial test-preparation courses are already popular for applicants to top colleges and graduate schools, and recently also for admission to prestigious private high schools and grade schools. Now, according to a November New York Times report, such courses and private coaching are increasingly important for admission to New York City’s high-achiever public kindergartens, even though the applicants are just 3 and 4 years old. Basic coaching, which may cost more than $1,000, includes training a child to listen to an adult’s questions and to sit still for testing. Minimum qualification for top-shelf kindergartens are scores at the 90th percentile on the Olsat reasoning test and the Bracken School Readiness knowledge test.

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said Adler had been solicited by a Sears Home Improvement telemarketer and had agreed to an appointment but that when the employee arrived, Adler allegedly punched him in the face. Adler said he had scheduled the appointment only to “advise” Sears, in person, to stop calling him.

• Oops! In an October incident, an off-duty Jacksonville, Fla., sheriff ’s deputy forgot to leave her service weapon outside when accompanying her mother to Shands Jacksonville hospital for an MRI. The powerful magnet sucked her Glock away in a flash, trapping the deputy’s hand between the machine and the gun. Repairs, plus the lengthy powering-down and re-powering of the machine, was said to have cost the hospital $150,000.

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• Google 1, FBI 0: In September, Nebraska prison guard Michal Preclik, • In the past three years, at least 39 32 (who had been on the job for a year drivers in Dallas have been ticketed and had just been promoted), was disby police officers for the “offense” of covered to be on the lam from Interpol being “a non-English speaking driver,” for drug and fraud crimes in the Czech according to a Dallas Morning News Republic. The Corrections Departinvestigation in October. The software ment’s background check, on the FBI’s for officers’ in-car computers features a National Criminal Information Center check-off box with the phrase, perhaps database, had turned up nothing, but leading officers (and their sergeants) to when officials subsequently Googled believe it constituted a separate traffic Preclik, the Interpol wanted poster was offense rather than merely an indicaone of the top results. tion that the motorist might not have • Promoting the General Welfare in understood an officer’s instructions. The Malaysia: (1) The government of the police chief expressed shock at the restate of Terengganu initiated a camport and promised to end the practice. paign in November to halt the growing • The Public Record: (1) From the divorce rate by offering pre-marital Findlay, Ohio, police: “A woman called classes in sensuality.

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For Christmas • U.S. Homeland Security Is A New • Justifiable Felonies? (1) officials confirmed in October Derenne Ave. Five people were arrested in that an estimated 200,000 Los Angeles in October and temporarily admitted foreign charged with kidnapping visitors to the U.S. since the and “torturing” two “loan Sept.

11 terrorist attacks are modification” agents who had still in the country illegally, with taken fees while promising to overstayed visas, and that there save their home from foreclosure is still no system in place to catch but had allegedly failed to help. them.

The problem had surfaced in (2) Daniel Adler, 61, was arrested September when a 19-year-old in October in Stony Point, N.Y., Jordanian man (legally admitand charged with assault. Police

ted on a since-expired tourist visa) was arrested and accused of plotting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. He had been arrested two weeks before that on a traffic violation, and even though he was on an FBI watch list because of visits to a jihadist Web site, he had no immigration “record” and thus was released after paying the traffic fine.

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• When the DRP party candidate for president of Mexico City’s most populous borough lost in the primary this year, party officials hatched a plot to elevate a street peddler, “Juanito” Angeles, to run in the general election, with the “understanding” that he would step aside if victorious, in favor of the original candidate, Clara Brugada. Helped by his “everyman” image (according to a New York Times dispatch), Angeles won the election. However, his sudden power and celebrity apparently went to his head, and he refused to relinquish the presidency. (He finally agreed, in September, but only after receiving concessions from the party.)

• Florida Democracy in Action: (1) When a Broward County Republican club held its scheduled meeting in October at a local gun range (according to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel report), among the shooters was the congressional candidate trying to unseat the Democratic incumbent, and on his target as he fired away, someone had written the Democrat’s initials. (2) Also in Broward County in October, the father (a Democrat) of County Mayor Stacy Ritter was arrested and charged with threatening his daughter at gunpoint. The father is running for mayor of Tamarac and was upset that his daughter had endorsed his opponent.

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Franciscan monk Cesare Bonizzi, 63, who 15 years ago turned from spiritual new age music to heavy metal (inspired, he said, by the groups Metallica and Megadeth) and who has spent the last several years as the robe-clad lead singer of his own band, Fratello Metallo, announced his retirement in November after realizing, he said, that the devil had tempted him too much with celebrity and turned him away from his brothers. cs

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Two approaches we could take here.

The first is we stick to the facts. Lotta fun that is. The second is we wave gaily at the facts en route to a more entertaining sociopolitical perspective. This is the Fox News system, and you can see it works for them. Let’s see what we can come up with based on the following: • Botanically, marijuana equals hemp.

As we’ve established, these are basically two names for the same plant.

• Useful for rope, paper, and clothing, hemp was long promoted in Virginia as an alternative cash crop to tobacco.

Tobacco depleted the soil, and gluts sometimes drove prices down. Shifting economics led to a small “hemp boom” by 1765. In two Virginia counties, folks were allowed to pay their taxes in hemp.

• Both Washington and Jefferson tried growing hemp on their Virginia farms, with mixed success. Washington used some of what he grew to make hemp clothing for his slaves. However, U.S. hemp exported to Britain often was of poor quality, and Washington was never able to turn a profit. Jefferson also seems to have grown hemp strictly for local consumption, from which we deduce he couldn’t make money either.

In short, not only were Washington and Jefferson marijuana farmers, they were unsuccessful marijuana farmers.

• Washington continued to tout the crop after he became president. Jefferson invented a better “hemp brake” to separate the fibers from the stalks, something he thought was so important that he refused to patent it. This tells

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I’ve heard Thomas Jefferson traded marijuana blends with Washington and the other founding fathers. Can anyone verify if true or false? I e-mailed Jefferson scholar Clay Jenkins but got no response.

However, on his podcast, The Thomas Jefferson Hour, he did admit to donning his Jefferson impersonation gear and visiting Burning Man. Should I take this as a tacit admission of our third president’s smoking habits? —Piddyx

us two things. First, Jefferson ran an advanced marijuana processing facility.

Second, he was a socialist.

• Both Jefferson and Washington traded seeds and plants with other farmers regularly. Jefferson wrote of receiving seedlings from someone in Missouri, and it would have been only neighborly to send Virginia seedlings back. Chances are Washington did the same. Couple this with the fact that the two men did at attempt to sell their crops and we’re obliged to conclude: Washington and Jefferson weren’t merely farmers, they were dealers.

Were they smokers, though?

• No great social stigma was attached to smoking pot in the late 1700s and early 1800s—pot use wasn’t considered a problem until the early 1900s.

• Thomas Pynchon’s novel Mason & Dixon (1997) features a scene in which Washington shares a blunt with the eponymous surveyors while Martha supplies them with munchies. This doesn’t prove anything, but it’s reassuring to know that whenever an opportunity presents itself to combine historical revisionism and pot jokes, Pynchon is all over it like a wetsuit.

• Despite the above, I couldn’t find any accounts suggesting either Washington or Jefferson ever indulged in, advocated, or even mentioned smoking pot. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws simply notes that Washington and Jefferson grew hemp for economic reasons.

• But let’s not give up too quickly. In his diary for August 7, 1765, Washington writes, “Began to separate the Male from the Female hemp … rather too late.” Female marijuana plants are the ones that contain enough THC to be worth smoking. Some take this to mean Washington was cultivating the plant not just for fiber.

Of course, two days later Washington says he put the hemp in the river to soak and separate out the fibers, and later in September that he started to harvest the seed. That suggests he divided the plants because the males made stronger fiber while the female plants produced the seed needed for next year’s crop. Jefferson in his Farm Book wrote that a female plant would produce a quart of seed, and a bushel of seed was enough to plant an acre.

Do these guys sound like midnight tokers? No, they sound like farmers.

Which just shows how clever they were at covering their tracks. cs

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Documenting the meltdown

Skidaway Institute receives major grant to research climate change

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) has received a major grant to study the effects of climate change on Arctic permafrost, and how those effects could alter the entire ocean food chain.

During the three–year project, SkIO professor Marc Frischer and a team of researchers will take core samples from three far–north locations: Point Barrow in Alaska, the northernmost point in the U.S.; Svalbard in Sweden; and on the White Sea near Russia. SkIO has two partners in the grant, who also received shares of the nearly million–dollar National Science Foundation award: The University of Georgia and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

The main thrust of the research is in finding out how the food chain will be affected when the permafrost melts and releases large amounts of carbon into the surrounding coastal waters in the Arctic Ocean. According to Dr. Frischer, the meltdown could lead to a biological “war over nitrogen,” a scenario he details below.

Dr. Frischer has 20 years experience in his field, with over a decade of work in Arctic environments. We spoke to him last week.

This is not a small grant. Does an award of this magnitude signal a more serious attitude toward funding real climate change research?

Marc Frischer: Certainly at the highest levels, interest in climate change has reached a new high. There are congressional mandates to place more research in climate-related work. But they’ve left the decision about what is climate-related up to the agencies. There’s a very strong mandate from the top.

For the extreme layman, please explain the point of the research this grant will fund.

Marc Frischer: The rise in temperature in particular is causing the permafrost to begin to melt, and that’s definitely happening. We see to a meter down in the surface annual thawing of permafrost in the Arctic. That stuff is all organic material and has potential to be released into the ocean.

Dr. Marc Frischer of SkIO

All living organisms have to have a whole collection of nutrients. A cell is made out of protein and has to have a certain amount of carbon, certain amount of nitrogen, sulfur, etc. To make a cell you have to have the right amounts of those ingredients. What seems to be happening is there is a surplus of carbon without the requisite amount of nitrogen to make all the cakes and cookies that the food web is. Then the question becomes what’s going to happen to that excess carbon, and whether it gets incorporated into living organisms will depend on those organisms’ ability to gather, to scavenge, all the rest of the ingredients.

And the big one is nitrogen. We call that a macronutrient because it’s required in fairly large concentrations.

So what’s the hypothesis you’re testing in this research?

Marc Frischer: Our fear is that bacteria — and not the phytoplankton, the green algae that forms the very base of the food web, that ends up in whales and fish and things we like — because they’re smaller and have more efficient enzyme systems and because they’re typically not limited by nitrogen but by carbon, will take advantage of all this new carbon availability, and then start outcompeting all the green stuff for the nitrogen. So we’re going to grow a whole lot of a really undesirable kind of biomass. That then restructures the whole food web.

So the worst case scenario is massive species die–off.

Marc Frischer: Species replacement, really. We’ll get a lot of jellyfish instead of salmon, that kind of thing.

How do you deal with the ongoing, largely political debate over climate change?

Do you just keep your head down and concentrate on the data, or do you find yourself being involved in the debate?

Marc Frischer: It depends very much on the scientist. To do good science one has to maintain as much objectivity as possible, and that forces us to be insulated. On the other hand, on this issue, especially those of us who have worked in the Arctic, we have seen it. We recognize that this information, imperfect as it is, needs to be communicated and be part of the political dialogue. So the

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Marc Frischer: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just my own personal perspective. We look at the pace at which things are happening and how little time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if we even have enough time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to affect a difference, then we look at our work, and we say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If this is going to have any meaning, then it needs to become part of the dialogue.â&#x20AC;?

It seems like climate change skeptics keep moving the goalposts. A few years back, they denied it was even happening. Now the debate seems to center on whether or not people are making it worse.

Marc Frischer: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite true. The data is, if you look at permafrost records and ice cover records in the Arctic, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s melting. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human-caused or a natural phenomenon in a cycle, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s irrelevant.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a strong believer in the education process. As you point out, it seems like now, unlike 15 or even 10 years ago, the question isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t whether climate change is happening. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shift that happened over a decade or two, with the data amassing and getting dispersed in many venues, then we hit some kind of tipping point. Then we move on.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how the process works. Sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating, but if anything it motivates me more to speak and educate.

What are the working conditions like at Point Barrow? Is it sort of brutal, or is it really wellâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;equipped for the weather?

Marc Frischer: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never worked at Barrow, but from the people Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a relatively new facility with some very competent dedicated people working there. Because that area is undergoing dramatic climate change, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on there really changes every year. How much ice is getting formed or not getting formed changes every year. Some years itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to even sample in the same place. Some years an iceberg crashes into the ice and makes a mountain thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completely impassable.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very dynamic environment. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like going into a laboratory and doing an experiment in a test tube.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say your hypothesis is confirmed. Is it your position to recommend remedies to the situation?

Marc Frischer: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my position to recommend remedies, but if our scenario is correct and we make less algae, my recommendation is we need to reevalu-

ate and reassess the human utilization of resources. That would affect Alaskan fishing stocks and whaling practices, those kinds of processes.

And letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say your hypothesis isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t confirmed and the data doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show your worst case is possible. What then?

Marc Frischer: That would actually be the more interesting observation, because that would mean our models and our understanding of how the ecosystem actually works is incomplete or flawed. If we observe something contrary to what we expect it means we have a fundamentally wrong un-

derstanding of the nature of how the system works.

Are scientists really able to make that kind of fundamental readjustment?

Marc Frischer: I think so. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how science works. cs

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Phase II of Project DeRenne unveils plans to cut traffic problems and change neighborhoods

by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

The plan to help reduce traffic delays and redevelop parts of southside Savannah, Project DeRenne, took another step forward last Thursday during a public meeting. Consultants from Kimley–Horn and Associates unveiled several potential solutions for the stretch of DeRenne from Montgomery east to the Truman Parkway. The plan could have a broad impact on residents, businesses and commuters alike.

Matt Noonkester of Kimley–Horn presented several possible outcomes that would mitigate traffic and improve the quality of life for residents, while trying to stress to the crowd of over 100 residents and public officials that “these were not final decisions, just another phase in the process.”

Project DeRenne is currently in the second of four phases, and has already been underway for about 18 months, much of which time has been spent collecting data, analyzing traffic patterns, and

Citizens view large maps detailing prospective plans for DeRenne.

creating new concepts for the road way and several adjacent neighborhoods, including Poplar Place, South Garden and the Medical Arts district.

There were two different possible solutions presented for the western half of DeRenne, stretching from I–516 to Abercorn, including the “intersection treatment” and the “boulevard treatment.”

The intersection treatment would seek to alter traffic patterns at the intersection of White Bluff and DeRenne, making it easier for cars turning south on White Bluff to get off DeRenne faster, and decrease the total number of cars moving east bound more quickly.

Using projected traffic volumes for the year 2030, Noonkester and Project Manager Rob Hume showed that the intersection treatment could reduce delays by 40 seconds at Montgomery and by 70 seconds at White Bluff. The plan would not require further widening of DeRenne.

The boulevard treatment, which took up a substantially longer portion of the presentation, would seek to create a new bypass, tentatively known as Poplar Place Boulevard, which would bend from I–516 connecting to White Bluff further south, near Hampstead. According to traffic models created by Kimley–Horn, the plan would cut east bound congestion nearly in half.

The boulevard treatment would have a far greater impact on both delay reduction and surrounding neighborhoods. The plan requires two bridge structures to be built, one for traffic exiting I–516, and the other bringing re–routed traffic over the entrance to Hunter Army Airfield. The new road would then become a two lane street with a tree lined median as it passed through the Poplar Place neighborhood before intersecting with White Bluff.

White Bluff would also be re–shaped so that it no longer ran straight north–south, but curved into the

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In addition to changes on White Bluff, Montgomery Street would also be straightened out, removing the curve of the road south of DeRenne that connects with the entrance to Hunter. The change could allow for some commercial redevelopment as well as additional green space.

The boulevard treatment is projected to reduce delays by 80 seconds at Montgomery, and over a minute and a half at White Bluff. It could also result in more residents being re–located to make way for the new road.

Despite Noonkester’s assurances that they were seeking public input and no decisions were final, several residents expressed concerns that “they felt like they were being railroaded,” and that no discussion had taken place about residents who might be displaced by new construction.

Hume and Noonkester explained, that with the exception of the roadway modifications and their impact, the rest of the plans would have to be done voluntarily by property and business owners.

The plan also included concepts for potential redevelopment of the area east of White Bluff and south of DeRenne, extending and intensifying the layout of Abercorn Walk to include more mixed– use buildings, outdoor cafes, and a park that would surround the iconic globe sitting just south of DeRenne.

There were also recommendations for giving the Medical Arts District a facelift, making it more pedestrian friendly, and redeveloping some of the aging structures and parking lots, as well plans to add more green space to the South Garden neighborhood, between Waters Ave and the Truman, north of DeRenne.

Because these plans are still conceptual, there were no available estimates of the cost to enact the ambitious changes that were being proposed. Several attendees expressed concern whether tax dollars would be spent to build out the project.

The first two phases of Project DeRenne, including the services provided

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One of Georgia’s most unique bands makes a welcome return to our area. Little Tybee’s songs are lushly assembled and range from dramatic dreamscapes to propulsive, percussive semi–rockers. It’s not really a rock band, though, and it’s most definitely not a jam band.

With Brock Scott’s otherwordly falsetto vocals (and his piano work), Josh Martin’s guitars and the tasty melodic and harmonic presence of Ryan Gregory’s violin, Little Tybee is like a pleasant chemical drive down a rabbit hole into the unknown, a place where Jerry Garcia meets Sufjan Stephens for tea and biscuits. The bill also includes Adron and the classically–inspired electronica/pop outfit Tealights. Listen & learn: http://www.myspace.com/littletybee. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $5.

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From Charlotte comes a jazz quartet featuring vibraphone, keys, bass and drums. Not a guitar in sight. And vibesman Eric C. Mullis is a professor of philosophy at Queens University of Charlotte, which means that a lot of thought – contrary, perhaps, to the nature of jazz – goes into the music of Actual Proof (his specialties are “Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art”). Theirs is a mix of funky fusion and Latin–edged funk, with tape loops, percussive samples and synthesizer swells from Silas Aldridge. Listen & learn: www. actualproofband.com. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12 at Jazz’d Tapas Bar, 52 Barnard St.

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This Nashville–based singer/songwriter has made five CDs, two of them collections of exquisitely arranged Christmas music. Bishop is a vocalist and acoustic guitarist of considerable strength and passion, and her songwriting is deep, and thoughtful – and hopeful, which makes her something of an uncommon delight in this era of mopey and fatalistic musical wordsmithery.

Bishop’s Steal Away Home album consists of folk arrangements of negro spirituals, gospel tunes and hymns, plus spoken word.

She’s a visual artist, too – a true Renaissance woman – and she held her first solo art show, “Roots, Rhythm & Gospel,” in Nashville in 1998, exhibiting more than 40 of her folk–art Jazz/Blues/Gospel portraits of the musicians and singers whose music has “influenced, uplifted and inspired” her through the years – including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Rev. Gary Davis, Mahalia Jackson and others. guitarist Belinda Jane may be small in stature, but she’s big on Jesus – she runs Belinda Jane Ministries, with an adoption outreach program, a direct connection to Loaves and Fishes (which feeds the area’s needy) and a decidedly

This is Bishop’s second local appearance in 2009 – she performed for the Savannah Folk Music Society’s First Friday series earlier in the year. This time, she’ll have a stellar opening act in the form of the Sacred Heart Church Folk Choir, a 15–member ensemble with vocals, guitar, bass and percussion.

Bishop will be selling her original artwork (and CDs, of course) at the show.

Listen & learn: www.jonibishop.com. At 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 11 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1707 Bull St. Admission is by donation.

musical message, through her songs. Her Nashville–recorded CD, The Heart of God, includes eight original numbers and a pair of re–arranged hymns. Friday’s concert is an all–acoustic event with themes of Christianity and

Christmas. Listen & learn: www. bvelindajaneministries.com. At 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 at Savannah Joe’s Coffeehouse, 920–G Morgan’s Corner Road, Pooler. Admission is free with a donation of canned goods for Loaves and Fishes. CS

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‘Like an Andy Williams Christmas Special’ Pianist Jim Brickman delievers a warm and cozy holiday package

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by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

Jim Brickman might be the most successful instrumentalist in contemporary music.

At any rate, his official Web site calls him “America’s Romantic Piano Sensation.”

He has six gold and platinum albums, a Grammy nomination and a Dove Award, and is the most–charted male artist in the history of Billboard’s Adult Contemporary listings.

That’s right, Adult Contemporary. They don’t play Brickman much on pop radio, even though he’s had a couple of major hits, including “Valentine” (vocals by Martina McBride) and “The Gift” (sung by Collin Raye and Susan Ashton).

Brickman’s fans know his piano music not only through constant AC radio play, but from his PBS specials (the most recent, Beautiful World, aired over the summer) and his melodic albums of pretty love songs, contemplative ballads and Christmas music (he’s issued four Yuletide collections to date).

The holiday, in fact, is what’s bringing Brickman back to Savannah; his “Beautiful World Christmas” tour touches down at the Savannah Civic Center Friday.

“My music,” says the 48–year– old native of Cleveland, “is about the emotional connection. It’s not about my technique, it’s not about my prowess, it’s not about how many notes I play in succession and how organized they are.

“It’s about the connection of the music to a feeling on the other side – a comfort, a joy, a romance.

Anything that people use the music for.”

You have a hit single out which, like your album, is called “Beautiful World.” It’s got waves of very sweet Beach Boys–style harmonies and a gorgeous melody. It’s under your name, but the song was written (and sung) by a young kid named Adam Crossley. Don’t you think that might confuse fans who wonder who this “Jim Brickman” guy is?

Jim Brickman: It’s rare that it happens that way. Usually, 95 percent of the time I write everything that I do. When we did the PBS special, I went to Adam and I said “Let’s do a song called ‘Beautiful World,’ and

it’s optimistic, and it’s this and it’s that ...’ I intentionally gave him the idea in that particular style that he writes in.

I have 22 albums of original music, so I don’t think I’m ever in a situation where somebody’s not going to know that I know how to write music, and I’m not just playing covers. That’s what I am, a songwriter who plays the piano. I’m not a pianist who covers other people’s songs.

But with the PBS concept I had for “Beautiful World,” I wanted to have an anchor that described what I was trying to do. If that song leads people to my piano music, and to my songwriting, and it’s consistent stylistically with what I do, then I’m perfectly fine with that.

Strangely enough, we don’t even do “Beautiful World” in the show.

People will hear it as they’re walking out.

Who’s your audience?

Jim Brickman: It’s changed a little bit. At the very beginning, I was introduced to the audience through the Windham Hill brand. So by association at the time – because of George Winston and things like that – I was introduced as an instrumentalist. Which is what I am.

But when I wrote “Valentine” and had the success on radio with Martina, it opened my audience from more of a chill–out, New Age aficionado to a more mainstream ... weddings and celebrations ... it reached a lot more people.

Now, that was when radio stations would talk a little bit more about the music: “That’s Jim Brickman on piano, he wrote the song, and Martina McBride is singing it.” It was a duet.

Now, with something like Adam, I don’t expect people to try to figure out who’s record that’s on.

To answer the question, though, the audience has grown to include couples who maybe use the music in a wedding, or who use it for a dinner party. A bubble bath. A de–stresser.

Teachers who use the music to calm their kids down in the classroom.

Teenagers and young adults who are in school, who use the music to do homework with. Young piano players who use my piano books as a model of pop piano style.

And a lot of healing–comfort connection. They use the music in chemotherapy. “I had an MRI the other day, and they were playing your music.” “I called CitiBank and you were the on–hold music.” “It got me through a difficult time.” Lifestyle and life moments.

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Tell me about the holiday show you’re bringing to Savannah.

Jim Brickman: This is the 14th year of my holiday tour. It has become a tradition for many people, because they know what it is, and what it’s not: They know that it’s not a piano recital. It’s my intention to be a really great entertainer, and a really great performer. I want it to be a theatrical experience. I don’t want it to be a club–type–experience, this song, then that song, then another song. I want people to laugh a lot. I want them to chill out a lot. I want them to escape.

There’s no pyrotechnics. I’m not coming down on a swing – not that I know of – it’s theatrical but not theatrics. It’s intended to be comfortable, nostalgic and really cozy, like watching an Andy Williams Christmas Special from 30 years ago. But now.

I know Orla Fallon, the singer and harpist from Celtic Woman, is part of the show.

Jim Brickman: The entire show is personality– and music–driven. The guest stars weave in and out of the show, like friends coming over and stopping by for an open house. That’s the intention.

I always want to do hits, because I feel like if you’re lucky enough to have hits, you should play them. So there’s a lot of hit songs – some Christmas, but it’s not “Jingle Bells” from top to back. I

figure there’s enough of that from church, and pageants, and all the other Christmas shows.

Is there a band? An orchestra?

Jim Brickman: No band. I’ve never had a band or an orchestra. I have guests – duet partners and trio partners who come in and out. There’s an electric violin player named Tracy Silverman, who plays everything from Led Zeppelin to “Silent Night.” And Anne Cochran, who’s been my female vocalist ever since high school. We had a band together in high school. It’s a very long and wonderful relationship that the audience really connects with.

I also have a hammered dulcimer player named Garrett Viggers. And Orla, who has a beautiful expertise in harp and a very sweet singing voice from the Celtic tradition, is all complimentary to everything that we do.

Nothing comes out of nowhere – it’s not like “Why is he doing that?” or “Why is there a dance number in the middle of the show?” CS Jim Brickman Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. When: At 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 Tickets: $42 and $32 at www.etix.com Artist’s Web site: www.jimbrickman.com

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Williams Atlanta’s one-handed wizard defies strict categorization

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For three or four years now, the Atlanta–based Lefty Williams Band has been onstage at every juke–joint and roadside honky–tonk from here to Biloxi, often sharing the stage with top–billed blues combos.

Listen more closely, though. Although Jason “Lefty” Williams knows his way around big–bad–blooz riffery, and can shred your soul with his guitar, he’s got serious rock ‘n’ roll chops.

“A lot of the newer stuff I’ve been writing is trending more in the direction of harder–edged Southern rock, like Gov’t Mule–type stuff,” Williams, who returns to the Live Wire Music Hall Friday, reports. “It’s Led Zeppelin–type material. I kind of straddle the fence. Half the stuff I write is funky– sounding, and half is more harder–rock sounding.

“I’ve always said that I’m musically schizophrenic; I can’t stick to one thing for too terribly long.”

Williams, 35, has been absorbing music since his fetal days – when his mom was pregnant with him, Dad held headphones to her belly and played the Yes Fragile album. He discovered Zeppelin, the Beatles, Hendrix and the Dead as a youngster, and was playing prog–rock and high–speed metal as a teenage band member.

“I’ve always known, my whole life, that I was going to be a musician,” he says.

Williams was born without a right hand – yep, that’s where he got the nickname Lefty – but learned to pick, pluck and strum guitar with a homemade device strapped to the “nubb” (his word) of his elbow.

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He graduated with honors from the Atlanta School of Music, and subsequently accepted a teaching post there.

The stage beckoned.

The first Lefty Williams album, Big Plans, appeared in 2006. It was followed two years later by Snake Oil. Both were produced by John Keane (R.E.M., Widespread Panic).

Said Relix Magazine: “He sounds like he could be the next link in the chain of legendary Georgia guitarists, after Duane Allman and Robert Cray.”

Like the best guitarists, confident in their ability and tone, Williams stands pretty still onstage. No posing or histrionics for him.

“I’ve never really been one for flashy stuff,” he explains. “I don’t know why.

I know all these other guitar players who’ll flip the guitar behind their head, do this, do that.

“I can do all that stuff — I can play with my teeth, or my tongue. But I kind of feel like it’s somebody else’s shtick and I don’t want to do it.”

However. “I got this new bass player (John Tirone) with me who’s got more energy than a room full of ADD kids.

He never turns off, ever. He’s on like 110 miles an hour, 24 hours a day. But he’s awesome onstage; he’s got the biggest grin you’ve ever seen in your life, and he’s bouncing around like a frickin’ Superball.

“Every once in a while he’ll get a wild hair, and the next thing you know we’ve all got our instruments behind our head, doing stupid stuff. But it’s a lot of fun. And, he’s a smokin’ bass player, too.

It doesn’t hurt that he’s really good.”

The four band members like to talk about music (when they’re not playing it). A favorite back–and–forth is a variation on Desert Island Discs — in other words, what records would you take with you if you were to be stranded on a desert island?

“For me, Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy is Number One,” says Williams. “I couldn’t exist without that record. I can listen to that album — and have — for a whole year non–stop.

Jimmy Page, of course, had two hands to work with. Lefty Williams is building a musical house all his own, with the tools he was given.

Some people, Williams confesses, still come to his shows curious about the “one–handed guitar wizard.” But not all that often.

“Actually,” he says, “I’ve found that most people show up because they’ve heard that the music was cool and the show was fun.” CS The Lefty Williams Band Where: Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. When: 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 Opening: Phantom Wingo Cost: $8 Artist’s Web site: www.lefty–music.com

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R.Land Get subversive with Atlanta-based artist R.Land

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Recently, Land and his twisted characters have found a natural ally with Williams Street, the Atlanta–based masterminds of popular Adult Swim shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Land is developing a show of his own for the late night Cartoon Network programming. This month a show featuring selected works from R.Land is hanging in Gallery Espresso, so we caught up with him to talk about his work, the state of counterculture, and the value of anonymity.

What sort of work will you be showing in Savannah?

R.Land: It’s schizophrenic, but in a good way. There’s a lot of the street art stuff that I’ve done in the past. There should be a couple of “Loss Cat” pieces. There’s also the “Pray for ATL” image, a good number of prints and a couple paintings. I don’t want to say it’s a greatest hits, but there’s at least one piece from things that have been happening for the last 10 years or so. It’s kind of like a retrospective, but I wouldn’t continues on p. 24

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say it’s a full-on one.

Because you don’t do much in the way of formal gallery shows, when you get a show outside Atlanta what do you look for in a space?

R.Land: In Atlanta, I think I’ve done one gallery show in 18 years because I like to find an alternative space and blow it out for a great big event. In other cities, I think the criterion is just to make sure it’s a place with a good cross section of people. I’m not interested in the elite few that would go into a gallery setting. For Savannah, [Gallery Espresso] is a good place where everyone in town would go. It may be small, it’s a coffee shop, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I try to find places that speak to me, or places that I like. It can be a bar, a restaurant or a coffee shop or any place where people hang out.

What was your introduction to art? When did you realize it was something you were interested in, and wanted to pursue seriously?

R.Land: I’ve always been an artist. When I was a kid I wanted to be a cartoonist, but I didn’t want to be just ‘CamaroHood’ a cartoonist. I wanted to have business cards made, when I was 10 or 11, but I couldn’t figure out what my title should be. I didn’t like the way “artist” sounded or “cartoonist.” I think I put “creator” on there, which I think is pretty hilarious. Over time it morphed.

During the ‘80s I was going to a lot of New Wave clubs and hanging out with girls that worked in hair salons. I was doing paintings at home, just for fun — giant cartoons that were sort of painterly. I remember somebody seeing one at my house, and saying you should hang those at this new bar that’s opening. It was the same as it is today. There’s no middle man. It was just me taking my paintings to this bar, hanging them and selling them. It immediately confirmed that this was something I wanted

to do. It showed me that my work could be on the walls and made me want to develop the fine art aspect of it. I don’t know if it’s truly fine art, but it brought me to the point where it’s blurred the line between fine art, graphic design, folk art and whatever. I don’t really consider myself any of those things, but it’s a little bit of all those things.

Who influenced your style?

R.Land: When I was a young kid, I think I was impressed by obvious things like Walt Disney, and, on the more subversive side, B.Kliban. I loved a lot of those cartoonists that preceded Gary Larson, that were more psychedelic and more bizarre. They were people whose work I would see in magazines or books and think that’s the funniest shit I’ve ever seen. I could connect with their sensibility more than I could with people that were more popular.

They weren’t like what you would see in the mainstream comic section of the newspaper.

Their humor wasn’t necessarily gag–oriented, and there was more thinking involved, which really spoke to me, even at a young age, because I knew I was a freak from early on. They seemed like my people. A lot of people that weren’t necessarily artists were inspiring to me too — musicians like David Bowie, what he was doing in the late ‘70s. It’s not necessarily that I draw from people that are just visual artists.

With stuff like “Loss Cat” and the Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVD cover, you’ve reached a national audience, but done so with a certain amount of anonymity.

Do you prefer it that way — to have the success and keep some anonymity — or would you like to be a household name?

R.Land: Being anonymous is great. It’s fun to stand back and observe. Like when “Loss Cat” first started, it was just totally for kicks. I’d be out and I’d hear people talking about it. Nobody

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Creatively, I also do these side projects because it’s great to break out of this whole visual vocabulary that I’ve been working with for years. I’ve got all these things I want to say, but I don’t want to say them with the same basic vocabulary or have it even be obviously from me.

As a counterculture artist, as you branch out into these bigger projects full of licensing rights and contracts — does it seem like the counterculture has changed? Has it been infiltrated by big business?

R.Land: It’s drastically changed. I don’t know how well something like “Loss

Cat” would have done 20 or 30 years ago. I think a lot about what kinds of music would work in the mainstream.

I’m always disappointed when some song that I really love shows up in a commercial, like David Bowie’s “Heroes.” It’s a great song that really pushed the envelope of what was acceptable as pop music in its day. I know he’s a famous artist, but I thought that song was fairly inaccessible for a commercial, for selling something, but we got to that point. I think Sonic Youth can sell a product now. What wouldn’t be acceptable in a commercial, and is that the way you measure whether something is still counterculture?

I’m getting off on a tangent, but I think we’ve gotten to a point where almost anything goes. I think I know what mainstream is, but then you see things in mainstream culture that seem like they should be more underground.

It’s not that I’m opposed to it. I just think that a lot of the mass culture stuff is very disappointing, and that we could do way better. cs R.Land’s show at Gallery Espresso (234 Bull St.) will be up through the end of the year. To check out more of his art, visit

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The title is The Nutcracker in Savannah, but it might as well be called The Savannah in Nutcracker. Because there’s an awful lot of Savannah in this elaborate retelling of the holiday dance classic.

Not only that, the 80 dancers that comprise the cast of the Savannah Danse Theatre’s 2009 show have an edge over all that have come before: This is the only local Nutcracker performed with live orchestral music.

For the second consecutive year, the Savannah Philharmonic will play Tchaikovsky’s beloved score as the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Cavalier and the big bad nightmare rats–with– swords ballet it up on the Lucas Theatre stage.

Company director and choreographer Suzanne Braddy, who auditioned dancers from every step and stripe of Savannah life, has been doing The Nutcracker in Savannah since her Danse Theatre’s inception in 1998. This is the fifth season she’s used live music.

Braddy, a veteran dancer–turned–teacher who runs the Islands School of Dance (the Danse Theatre is her performance branch) devised the plot, which turns the well–worn tale of little Clara and her holiday hallucinations into a strictly local adventure.

“I thought, how magical it would be to be to have what they’re doing based in Savannah,” explains Braddy, herself a Savannah native.

The performers range in age from 3 to 25.

The Nutcracker in Savannah is set in 1945, when the city was just another sleepy Southern town.

“I use the Gingerbread House on Bull Street. It’s a Christmas Eve party there, and a lot of the characters there I’ve named after people in Savannah. The large rats are called the Savannah River Rats. All the scenes and

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Clockwise from upper left: In a vintage photo, Suzanne Braddy teaches a young Gabrielle Lamb (third from right); Lamb today; Braddy and students in a rehearsal for this weekend’s edition of The Nutcracker in Savannah.

Savannah Danse Theatre: “The Nutcracker in Savannah” With the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra Where: Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. When: At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 Tickets: $27–$50 Online: www.lucastheatre.com

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Academy. She has been with Savannah Danse Theatre for eight seasons.

A former company member of Columbia City Ballet, John Cronin is the King of the River Rats in Braddy’s production.

Joulia Moisseeva, a Russian–born dancer, teacher and choreographer, has designed several sequences for The Nutcracker in Savannah.

The scene changes are done primarily through elaborate “drops” — huge painted backdrops that are changed for each scene.

“I just thought, Savannah — you could not go wrong. I would love to re–create the Forsyth Park fountain, and have it glassed over with snow during the snow scene,” Braddy says.

“But I do have lovely drops and I’m grateful. And this has been a real unique year because of everybody’s money situation.”

In fact, money — rather, the scarcity of money — has been the only thing that’s kept Braddy’s prolific imagination from running wild.

“Every year that goes by I think ‘Why have I done this?’” she says. “It’s not that it’s hard, because I have no problem with imagination. It’s the money to create it. We want Candy Land to be the Land of the Sweets on Broughton Street, and I don’t have the money ... but that’s for the future.”

Braddy doesn’t have a problem about making wholesale changes to a ballet that’s known and loved the world over.

“I feel confident about it, because each year — through the beauty of the Internet and dance magazines — you can see that every town, now, is starting to take on a different Nutcracker. There’s a dance company in L.A., and because it’s predominantly Latin, they do it as The Neighborhood. And it’s very successful.”

Meanwhile, she and her staff are running themselves ragged trying to get the 2009 The Nutcracker in Savannah off the ground.

“It’s a lot of work,” Braddy says.

“Sometimes you feel like the kids don’t appreciate it, like they don’t really know what you’re doing. But they all do at the very end.” CS

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There are always guest performers — one memorable production, none other than Paula Deen attended the “party” and placed the Christmas crown on Clara’s noggin.

For several years, ice cream magnates Stratton and Mary Leopold not only danced in the production, but brought their own delicious cold stuff to the famous “Land of the Sweets.”

Stratton Leopold’s out of town this time, but Mary will be there, and she’ll crown Clara, who’s being danced by Islands Dance student Sophia Morekis.

Rin Richardson plays Clara’s brother Fritz, with Peter Base as the Nutcracker Prince.

Among the guest dancers for this year’s production are Gabrielle Lamb, another native of Savannah, and a former soloist with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (an aspiring filmmaker, Lamb also worked as the company’s official videographer).

“I haven’t had the chance to dance in Savannah since I was 15 years old,” says Lamb, who’s currently dancing with the New York–based Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. “And I’ve never danced at the Lucas before. It’s very exciting, especially since Sue was one of my very first ballet teachers, and the one who first inspired me to become a professional dancer.

“She was a member of the former Savannah Ballet, when she was teaching me; and I used to sneak into her dance bag in the dressing room and try on her pointe shoes. I remember being thrilled to see her onstage as the Snow Queen in Nutcracker.”

Lamb won the 2009 National Choreographic Competition, and will create a new work at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in the Spring.

For The Nutcracker in Savannah, she’ll perform the lead in the “Arabian” sequence.

Jesse Benoit (dancing the role of Drosselmeyer) began his career, like Lamb, with the Savannah Danse Theatre, and went on to perform with Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre.

Troy Davis operates a dance school in Orlando, Fla., where he spent 14 years as dance captain and performer at Walt Disney World.

North Carolina School of the Arts graduate Chelsea Pyrch recently completed her second season with Columbus Dance Theatre.

Dancing the coveted Snow Princess role is Brittni Linton, a sophomore majoring in dance at Savannah Arts

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Champagne season I think a little New Year’s Eve housekeeping is in order. New Year’s Eve? Heck yes, it’s time to start shopping for just the right champagne or sparkling wine to ring in the second decade of the 21st century!

First, some geek–speak. Champagnes are made in the Champagne region of France; sparkling wine is the name given to U.S.–made bubbly wines that, while many are made using the traditional methode champenoise, can’t be called Champagne.

Sparkling wines don’t have to be sweet and tart cheapies. In fact, look for these words on the label of your bubbly: Brut: This means the contents of the bottle are low in sugar –– the less sweet option.

Sec: Middle of the road sweetness.

Demi–Sec: One stop below the sweetness designation of Doux.

Armed with these basics, seek out a knowledgeable retail wine merchant. When I’m scouring the bush for an extraordinary Champagne, I call on Christian Depken at LeChai. His Francophile leanings ensure solid knowledge and an ample inventory of exquisite, affordable Champagnes.

First up, a pair of Champagnes suggested by a recent showing of bubblies by Depken.

Gaston Chiquet Brut NV “Tradition”: Delicious and strongly effervescent flavors offer great depth and intensity. At this level, the Champagne is remarkably tight, it can use some aeration before full floral scents emerge –– and I enjoyed the bright finish brought on by a touch of minerality.

Pierre Peters Brut Grand Cru “Cuvee de Reserve”: The stunning complexity of this Champagne results from it being crafted using a kind of modified “solera” (Over simplified, this is the process of adding vintage on top of vintage in a single tank). The wine is two–thirds 2005 juice and one–third reserve wines spanning 15 different vintages with an unusual and imaginative combination of grapes: Mesnil, Oger, Cramant, Avise and Chouilly.

Expect a beautifully crisp experience punctuated by lively citrus flavors, hints of floral notes and a mineral–laced finish.

Back in the States, I have two solid recommendations.

I had the good fortune of dining recently with Iron Horse winery CEO Joy Sterling. We sampled the very popular Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee sparkling wine –– but I was taken by the Russian Cuvee.

It’s the sparkling wine that ended the Cold War, Sterling says. This Sonoma County wine was served at the Reagan–Gorbachev summit in 1987 and has been served in every White House since.

Basically, it’s the winery’s base Brut with added sugar, which Sterling says adds depth — not overt sweetness.

This classic blend of two–thirds Pinot Noir and one–third Chardonnay fills the mouth with suggestions of apple — and then finishes with bright citrus notes of Meyer Lemon. Chef Patrick McNamara served this with a vanilla and caramel driven dessert — I would love to sample it with foie gras.

For a sweetie, reach for Gruet Demi–Sec. Crafted near Albuquerque, in a vineyard with one of America’s highest elevations, this is the sweet sparkling wine that does double duty as a dessert wine.

Expect full, exotic fruit flavors, a creamy mouth–feel and great acidity.

The Gruet family makes Champagnes, too. This North American division represents adherence to all the tradition and emphasis on quality honed in France. cs

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Tim’s restaurant hopping turns up intriguing and satisfying meals. He picks some experiences every week to share:

Sapphire Grill

This elegant and intimate downtown landmark might be surrounded by Paula Deen Inc., but it hasn’t let any chicken-fried influence creep into its decidedly metropolitan menu. Chef Christopher Nason pays due homage to Southern flavors but doesn’t hesitate to score ingredients from the freshest sources. His winter menu

is one of my favorites. Choose from dishes like pan–roasted squab, braised pork cheeks and Chanterelle mushrooms, a savory, richly–flavored ensemble that makes my mouth water just recalling the meal. The benne–encrusted black grouper pairs two favorite coastal flavors — benne seed and grouper, then adds aromatic serving of Jasmine rice, crisp wok–seared vegetables and Asian–influenced splashes of sesame and soy. With a bit of an old–school supper club feel, it’s also easy to migrate to the restaurant’s classic a la carte menu. This is the place where beef–lovers can score a classic steak cut and seafood fans will find fresh grouper, shrimp, scallops and succulent tuna. A la carte sides are ample enough to share. Season your choices with sprinkles from the exotic salt sampler — a feature unique to Sapphire Grill. Seating is adequate for couples seeking intimacy or small groups celebrating the season. A well–stocked bar and talented bartender means awesome cocktails — and Sapphire’s wine list ranks among the best in the city.

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Loco’s Grill and Pub

Holiday shoppers wanting to leave more greenbacks for gifting and less for eating out might want to duck into either the downtown or Southside locations of this popular casual dining restaurant. That’s what I did last weekend — and I landed a nice value with a Crazy Club sandwich. The triple–decked wheat bread sandwich is filled with classic Club ingredients: Ham, smoked turkey, smokey bacon, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo. I had my pick of a variety of side dishes, but settled for the comforting flavor of mass–market French fries — a hot, tender childhood favorite. You can ramp it up on the Loco’s menu, but frankly, I was impressed by the chain’s obvious desire to fill a big portion of the menu’s real estate with good values, solid dishes and minimal gimmickry. I was ecstatic about the quick, efficient service and steady refills on my soft drink.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter, left, will play in Savannah Feb. 6; Tyler Perry’s play Madea’s Big Happy Family arrives in April.

Mary Chapin Carpenter There’s a wonderful song on Mary Chapin Carpenter’s third album, Come On Come On. It’s called “Halley Came to Jackson,” and it’s based, Carpenter has said, on the works of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Eudora Welty.

In her book One Writer’s Beginnings, Welty remembered when, as an infant, her daddy held her in his arms on their Mississippi porch and pointed out Halley’s Comet in the evening sky.

Seventy–five years later, the baby is a white–haired old woman, standing on the very same porch as the comet makes its next pass through the heavens.

Carpenter, who serves on the board of the Eudora Welty Foundation, is well–known as a literary light amongst acoustic artists (‘course, she’s also a multiple Grammy winner with a big stack of platinum albums to her credit).

Along with fellow folksingers Kate Campbell, Claire Holley and Caroline Herring, Carpenter will perform a tribute concert to Welty Feb. 6 at Trinity United Methodist Church, as part of 2010 Savannah Book Festival.

The foursome first put on this “guitar– pull” styled show last April at the Eudora Welty Centennial Celebration in Jackson, Miss.

Tickets for the concert, a fundraiser for the book festival, will go on sale shortly, although prices have not been announced.

Carpenter, incidentally, co–authored a children’s book based on “Halley Came to Jackson” in 1998.

The Savannah Book Festival takes place Feb. 5–7, mostly in Telfair Square, and it’s always free.

Among the authors announced for 2010 are Christopher Beha, Roy Blount Jr., Rick Bragg, Vince Flynn (the keynote speaker), George Dawes Green, Lauretta Hannon, Mary Alice Monroe and Janice Owens.

For all info, go to www.savannahbookfestival.org.

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There are 8 p.m. performances both days; tickets are $50, $60 and $75 at http:// www.etix.com/.

All bets are on Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire, which Perry executive–produced with Oprah Winfrey, to win big at the Academy Awards in March.

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...Friends of the Tybee Post Theater will dedicate the vintage building’s new facade (and it looks pretty good) at a 3 p.m. ceremony Dec. 17. This, of course, is the first hopeful step toward the theater’s eventual total restoration and re–opening as a viable part of the Tybee Island community. Refreshments will be available, and if you ask real nice you might get a tour of the building, and find out all about its illustrious history. .. The 34th annual Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival, Dec. 31–Jan. 2, has a few notable names in the lineup, including Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Little Roy Lewis and Lizzie Long, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Dailey & Vincent, the Travelin’ McCourys and Marty Raybon’s Full Circle. Dig the dope at www.aandabluegrass.com... ... Something called Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute has been announced for Hilton Head’s Shoreline Ballroom for New Year’s Eve. We’ll have more info as it comes in, but for now, know this: Tickets are $18 advance and $23 at the door. CS

The one and only Tyler Perry is coming to Savannah April 13 and 14, in the cast of his own Madea’s Big Happy Family. Tickets for the Savannah Civic Center production are on sale now.

Perry, of course, has been playing Mabel “Madea” Simmons onstage and in a string of very successful films for a few years now.

This week, the author, actor and producer wrote on his Web site: “I gotta tell you, I have missed you. There is nothing like a live performance and if you’ve never seen a Madea play, then you haven’t seen Madea at all. It is an experience, just ask someone who’s seen it.

“It’s been five years since I’ve been on the road, and the timing just happened to fall right into place. I needed to get away from Hollywood for a second ... clear my head. There is no better way to do that than to come out and see your faces and be reminded of where this all started.”

Perry finishes the message with this: “I can’t wait to see you! This play is going to

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Photos by Susan Weiss are on display at the JEA this month.

A Month in Key West — A new series of oil paintings

by Larry Levow. Off the Wall Gallery at 45 Bistro, 123 E. Broughton St. Armstrong Atlantic State University Senior Show — Artists include Jennifer Ashley, Ken Bruzenak, Jamaal Galloway, Christine Hefner, Matt Hefner, Briana Higgins, Raphyel Jordan, Samuel Lim, Ruby Neves, and Alicia Perez. Nov. 13-Dec. 14 at the Fine Arts Gallery.

A Warhol Trio: Photos, Prints and Silver Clouds — The exhibit includes approximately 150 photographs (polaroids and silver gelatin prints) by the iconic 20thcentury artist Andy Warhol.

Includes two series, “Myths” and “Cowboys and Indians,” as well as other large-scale works. The SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Circling the Center — Mixed media collages and other work by Nene Humphrey, including a collaborative woven wire structure reminiscent of Victorian mourning braids. Pinnacle Gallery , 320 E. Liberty St. Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland 18801914 — Examining the work of forty-three American painters drawn to Holland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jepson Center for the Arts Ever Present and in Motion — A juried show addressing the theme of change from the perspective of 15 faculty members from SCAD’s Atlanta and Savannah loca-

tions. Pei Ling Chan Gallery , 322 MLK Jr. Blvd.

I Have Marks to Make — An exhibit featuring work from over 100 disabled or disadvantaged artists using art in a therapeutic context.

Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Little Gems — A collection of small works priced under $300, just in time for the holiday season. Chroma Gallery, 31 Barnard St. New Work by R.Land — A selection of new work from underground Atlanta artist Ronnie Land. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. , New Work by Susan Weiss — Nationally acclaimed visual artist who exhibited her show “Parking Lot People” at the JEA last year returns with a series of photos exploring tribal ritual. JEA Art Gallery, 5111 Abercorn St. Paintings by Vicci Waits — New paintings from Waits who is known for her bold strokes and use of the impasto technique. Hospice Savannah Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Photography of P.H. Polk — A collection of photos from African American photographer P.H. Polk taken during the 1930-40s while at the Tuskegee Institute, and featuring subjects ranging from rural life to historical figures. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Signature Gallery — The month of December features large oil paintings by Kathy Miller, intricate wooden pieces by John Diamond,

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by Page Evans and more.

Signature Gallery, 303 W. St. Julian St. City Market Small Presents of Art — A collection of gift-sized art, 11” x 14” or smaller, by 11 Savannah artists. Reception 12/12 6-9pm. Gallery 11, City Market Franklin South (upstairs) Small Works — Annual exhibition of SCAD artists featuring smaller, affordable works of art. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Spatial Relations: Recent Editions from Pace Prints — Featuring prints on paper, wood and fabric by 11 internationally acclaimed artists who utilize a wide range of techniques in their depictions of spatial imagery. Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St. The Journey: Large Format Photography by Ben Ham — New work from the nationally renowned photographer, heavily inspired by Ansel Adams. Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island Tiny Treasures — The Signature Gallery presents a collection of gift-sized paintings. Opening reception: 12/12, 6-9pm. Signature Gallery, City Market Victor Chiarizia and Fruit of the Fire — Blown glass pieces from Chiarizia and Fruit of the Fire all month.

Pieces range from sculptural to functional.

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Grace Diaz Tootle directs the Little Theatre of Savannah’s annual Holiday Cabaret at the Freight Station, Friday through Sunday this week and picking up again the following weekend.

“It’s simply just a fun evening with holiday music – singing, stories and refreshments – a relaxing, family get–together around our grand piano,” says Little Theatre board president Monica McDermott.

Featuring a large cast of Little Theatre regulars, Holiday Cabaret isn’t part of the company’s regular season; instead, it’s meant to be a warm and toasty, chestnut–roasty celebration of home, hearth and family.

There is, of a course, a bittersweet aspect to this show, as it’s the last one the Little Theatre will be doing at the Freight Station, its permanent home for more than two years now.

“It’s been a great space,” McDermott says. “Every theater–type person who’s walked through the door has loved the flexibility of the space. There’s just not that much out there that has that.

“We really did like having a home for a while, because we’ve been a gypsy company for a bit. And we’re going to

go back to our gypsy roots. But it was an important step for us to downsize at this time, before we get to the point where we’re forced to do something.”

The Little Theatre of Savannah will return in the summer of 2010, she promises, with a big musical production. The site has yet to be determined.

For details on Holiday Cabaret, see www.littletheatreofsavannah.org.

Acoustic holiday A handful of the area’s finest singer/ songwriters will perform Thursday, Dec. 17 at the Sentient Bean as a benefit for West Broad Street YMCA’s Christmas Miracle on May Street. Check out Lauren Lapointe, Dare Dukes, Jan Spillane, Eric Britt and Mark Carter – plus a couple of Savannah poets! – all giving of their time and talents, for the donation of new (or gently used) toy.

Yours truly, as it turns out, will be performing as well, guitar in hand.

The show starts at 7 p.m., and donations will be gratefully accepted. Call (912) 232–4447 to learn more.

And still more • The Lady Chablis returns to the cabaret stage at Club One for the annual Children’s Toy Drive and Holiday Party Thursday, Dec. 10. Chablis and the Club One Cabaret cast do their thing at 9 p.m., while rock ‘n’ rolling Liquid Ginger plays at the 7 p.m. reception, and later as well. Your $20 (or a non–wrapped new toy of equal or greater value) gets you in, plus complimentary hors d’ouvres and cocktails, and will benefit Greenbriar Childrens Center and SCMPD’s Koppa Clause.

Club One is at 1 Jefferson St. • Choreographer Muriel Miller’s Abeni Cultural Arts puts on its third annual Christmas show at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 12. Abeni features kids, Miller explains, from “age 2 to adult.” It’s an evening of dance, music and poetry, a holiday fundraiser for the Feed the Need food drive, sponsored by the Chatham–Savannah Youth Futures Authority & St. Pius Family Resource Center.

Admission is by donation; the show will

Lauren Lapointe sings Dec. 17.

be at St. Pius, 705 E. Anderson St. • The Music Ministry of Christ Church (Anglican) annual Festival of Lessons and Carols is Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10:30 a.m. It’s free at Historic Christ Church, 28 Bull Street.

• The Savannah Philharmonic Chorus’ annual holiday performance, Carols in the Cathedral, takes place at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. CS

The Nutcracker in Savannah presented by Savannah Danse Theatre

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The Messenger

Coming up with a compelling hook is half the sale, and writer–director Oren Moverman has found one with The Messenger, a drama that looks at the wartime experience from a fresh perspective. Yet nothing about Moverman’s angle feels gimmicky or sensational - instead, his movie is honest and heartfelt, a justified tribute that pays more than merely the usual obligatory lip service to our men and women in uniform.

Writing his script with Alessandro Camon, Moverman has chosen to focus on the stateside officers who are assigned to the U.S. Army’s Casualty Notification unit and ordered to inform family members that their loved ones have died in overseas action. The newest recruit to this unenviable position is Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), who’s just returned from Iraq branded a hero for displaying courage under fire.

Will is placed under veteran soldier Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), who’s tasked to impart his limitless wisdom on his young charge. Tony rattles off a thorough checklist – take care not to use certain morbid words, never touch the bereaved, and so on – but that preparation can only go so far when faced with all manner of kinfolk, each guaranteed to react differently than the last.

The sequences in which the pair make their rounds are fascinating, with some family members (like the father played by Steve Buscemi) lashing out in anger at these bearers of bad news while others simply collapse in a heap on the floor. The film also manages to inject some romance into the mix when Will, perhaps unwisely, finds himself drawn to a woman (Samantha Morton) who has just lost her husband.

These scenes are tastefully executed and never shy away from the moral implications of the situation (Morton’s Olivia warns Will that everyone will accuse him of preying on her vulnerability and label her a “slut”), but the real power derives from the relationship between Will and Tony, two men who approach their assignments differently yet eventually find common ground.

Simply put, Foster is a revelation, while Harrelson has arguably nev-

After spending the better part of a decade mugging to the rafters in such films as The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Analyze That, Robert De Niro opts to underplay in the family melodrama Everybody’s Fine. But don’t let this opposite approach sucker you in: De Niro isn’t low–key as much as he’s merely lethargic, and it’s yet one more dismissive turn from an actor who once owned a major chunk of seminal ’70s cinema.

De Niro stars as Frank Goode, a widower who, disappointed that all four of his grown children have canceled plans to come visit him, decides instead to surprise all of them on their own respective doorsteps. He first visits David, an artist living in New York, but David never turns up at his own apartment. Undeterred, Frank presses forward, visiting in rapid succession his daughter Amy (Kate Beckinsale), an advertising executive, his son Robert (Sam Rockwell), a symphony musician, and his other daughter Rosie (Drew Barrymore), a Vegas entertainer. It turns out that all three are hiding things from their dad –– about David as well as about themselves.

Writer–director Kirk Jones makes an unhealthy number of unwise decisions, from pacing to casting to his mise en scene selections.

Awkward and ill–matched, the members of the big–name cast fail to impress, although Rockwell comes closest to making his

character something more than a dullard. Dramatic crises are played out in predictable fashion, with the one deviation from formula –– a climactic scene in which Frank imagines his offspring looking like children but arguing with him like adults –– proving to be disastrous.

Although a remake of a 1990 Italian import starring Marcello Mastroianni, Everybody’s Fine also has much in common, both thematically and narratively, with a Jack Nicholson gem from a few years back. Ultimately, though, this is less About Schmidt and more about nothing much.

OLD DOGS Having sat through the witless preview more times than I care to remember, I was perfectly willing to let Old Dogs go gentle into that good night, one of the expected casualties during a period in which screenings of year–end award contenders come flying fast and furious. But then I read that in one scene, John Travolta plays the Joker, and I got excited at the sheer prospect of witnessing such a dazzling display of cinematic wretchedness. Truly, this would be a scene to surpass any given moment from such past Travolta bombs as Battlefield Earth and Look Who’s Talking Too! But no.

Contrary to expectations, there’s no fantasy sequence in which Travolta plays the Joker; instead, his character has merely taken some medicine that causes his face to sport a Joker–esque grimace.

Thus, what could have been a so–bad–it’s–glorious moment instead falls into the so–bad–it’s– only–bad camp. Then again, that pretty much describes the entire project, which casts Travolta and Robin Williams as Charlie and

Fantastic Mr. Fox Whatever is in the water out in Los Angeles is forcing today’s most acclaimed young filmmakers to bring beloved children’s books to the big screen. First it was Spike Jonze directing an adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and now it’s Wes Anderson helming a motion picture version of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. At this rate, can we soon expect Darren Aronofsky to tackle Dr. Seuss’ Hop on Pop and Paul Thomas Anderson to serve up Arlene Mosel’s Tikki Tikki Tembo? As for Anderson’s stop-motion-animated opus, it’s an improvement over Jonze’s recent live-action effort, even if it falls short of being the new family classic dictated by the advance buzz. The mistake would be in categorizing it as a children’s film, as it largely leaves out the sort of oversized

humor found in movies made for the small fry. Instead, its pleasures, including Anderson’s painterly compositions and the A-list vocal cast, seem more likely to win over viewers of voting age and above. George Clooney brings his usual mix of leading-man swagger and character-actor eccentricity to his interpretation of the title character, a newspaper columnist who once promised his wife (a largely wasted Meryl Streep) that he would leave behind his life of danger (i.e. stealing chickens) but instead finds himself being lured back by the prospect of sticking it to a trio of insidious farmers (the leader being voiced by Dumbledore himself, Michael Gambon). Moving to its own laid-back rhythms (an approach sure to cause seat-shuffling from those not on its wavelength), this likable lark functions as a reprieve from the plasticity of most modern ’toon flicks. It may not be fantastic, but it’s good enough.

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Hollywood’s second foray into the Twilight zone features enough fantasy and romance to satisfy most hardcore devotees of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga, but just as many viewers will notice that this is too often a case of the emperor – or, more specifically, buff teenage boys – wearing no clothes. A step down from last year’s box office hit Twilight, New Moon has retained the same screenwriter (Melissa Rosenberg) but opted to switch out directors (The Golden Compass’ Chris Weitz in for Thirteen’s Catherine Hardwicke). Perhaps it’s this changing of the guard that prevents this latest picture from ever maintaining a steady rhythm. After all, Twilight might have been occasionally ripe, but that worked for the material, as Hardwicke instinctively fed into the oversized angst that all too often defines the lives of teenagers wrapped up in their daily melodramas. By comparison, Weitz keeps the proceedings on a low simmer, an emotional oasis only punctuated every once in a while by Bella’s howls as she pines for her one true bloodsucking love. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. In New Moon, vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) has decided that it’s too dangerous for his human girlfriend Bella (Kristen Stewart) to be around his kind, so he and his family continues on p. 34

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Dan, business partners who suddenly find themselves looking after Dan’s newly discovered kids (twins conceived during one drunken night seven years ago) for a couple of weeks. Masters of their trade (sports marketing), the pair prove to be completely incompetent in the presence of the children (Conner Rayburn and Ella Bleu Travolta, neither exactly a find), leading to a series of excruciating sequences in which the adults are repeatedly ridiculed, humiliated and made to suffer great physical pain. The movie is never remotely funny, but it excels at being creepy. In addition to Travolta’s aforementioned gross–out grin, Rita Wilson is on hand to deliver a skin–crawling performance as a hyperactive hand model. The sight of a gorilla nuzzling annoying Seth Green is equally nauseating – more so since most audience members will be feverishly praying that the creature tears him limb from limb instead. There are countless moments of creative desperation – reaction shots from a dog, golf balls to the groin, etc. – although the nadir has to be the scene in which Sam is deemed so clueless a parent that a puppeteer (the late Bernie Mac, and if this doesn’t rank among the most depressing swan songs ever) places him in an electronic outfit and, with the help of Charlie, guides him through every physical motion as this dud of a dad attempts to play King to his daughter’s Princess at a royal tea party. At this point, I desperately wanted Alice’s Red Queen to burst onto the screen and order beheadings en masse.

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Club One and The Lady Chablis Invite YOU to our Annual Children’s Toy Drive and Holiday Party.

Thursday December 10th, 2009 Reception at 7pm Admission is a $20 donation or an unwrapped children’s toy of equal value. Beneficiaries of your generosity include: Greenbriar Children’s Center and SCMPD’s Koppa Clause.

Special Entertainment: Liquid Ginger is playing on the main level before and after The Lady Chablis & Club One Cast Cabaret entertain on the Show Level. (Cabaret Show at 9pm) Complimentary Hors d’ oeuvres and cocktails.

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pack up and leave their Forks, Wash., home, ostensibly for good. Missing her soulmate, Bella shuts down completely, and is only slowly drawn out of her shell by her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner) – and by the discovery that Edward appears in ethereal form whenever she’s in danger. Bella repeatedly puts herself at risk - riding motorcycles at daredevil speeds, diving off impossibly high cliffs, gorging on fast–food combos every day for a full month (OK, kidding on that last one) - but soon discovers that an even deadlier option materializes with the return of some vampiric foes. And what’s with those gigantic werewolves stomping through the Pacific Northwest woods? As before, the whole enterprise is primarily held together by Stewart’s performance, a believable mix of adoration for her man and attitude toward the rest of the world. The plot structure limits Pattinson’s screen time, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing: Less effective than he was in Twilight, here the actor seems bored by the franchise, as if he’s already anxious to try his hand at more mature roles. As Jacob, Lautner projects a wholesome earnestness, even if he’s victim to most of the film’s most risible moments – I especially chuckled during the scene in which he tends to a cut on Bella’s forehead not by tearing off a swatch of his shirt but by whipping off the entire garment, thus allowing audiences to appreciate his bulging biceps–upon–biceps. Then again, you can’t say that Weitz doesn’t have his target audience in sight. In my review for Twilight, I wrote that the movie was “a love story first and a vampire tale second.” Given Pattinson’s ascension to pinup star as well as the pack of shirtless hunks filling out this latest film’s supporting cast, it’s safe to amend that statement to read that New Moon is a love story first and a male–model calendar second. The vampire tale has become almost incidental.

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE “Kitchen sink realism” was the term invented to describe a specific type of artistic movement that took place in England in the 1950s and 1960s, and here comes Precious to borrow that expression for a more modern, decidedly Americanized look at life among the lower classes. Adding to the appropriateness of subletting that term is that fact that a good part of this harrowing drama is set in and around the kitchen, as a frying pan to the head and hairy

pigs feet to the arteries both take a toll on the well–being of the story’s heroine, 16–year–old Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe). Living with her hateful mother (Mo’Nique), a woman who abuses her in every way imaginable, Precious has to contend not only with a disastrous home life but also with the fact that she’s pregnant with her second child, both kids the result of being raped by her own long–gone father.

Grossly overweight and largely illiterate, Precious nevertheless harbors a poetic side and can only hope that her life will take a turn for the better. She finally finds some allies in a patient teacher (Paula Patton) and a no–nonsense social worker (Mariah Carey, surprisingly effective), but their encouragement repeatedly gets negated by her mother’s assertions that she’s ugly, unloved and unwanted. The 2009 release least likely to be mistaken for the “feel–good movie of the year,” Precious is for most of its running time so pessimistic that it threatens to hammer viewers into a fetal position from which they may never emerge. Yet it’s this hard–edged honesty – a far cry from the chipper, meaningless platitudes on view in many other works – that earns this film its stripes. Yet its key ingredient is Sidibe, whose excellent performance crucially transforms Precious from a character to be pitied into a person to be admired.

THE BLIND SIDE

The Blind Side is typical of the sort of racially aware films Hollywood foists upon middle America, purportedly focusing on a black protagonist but really serving as an example of the goodness of white folks. The only reason this young black boy exists, it seems to hint, is so that a Caucasian woman can feel good about herself. The fact that The Blind Side is based on a true story dispels much of this criticism, although it still would have been nice if writer–director John Lee Hancock had thought to include the character of Michael Oher (Quentin Aaron) into more of his game plan. Instead, he’s a saintly, one–dimensional figure –– although he (like everyone else in the film) seems like the spawn of Satan when compared to Leigh Ann Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), the feisty Southern belle who decides to feed, shelter and eventually adopt this homeless lad after spotting him one dark and stormy night. Bullock’s a lot of fun to watch in this role, and the movie itself contains enough humor and heartbreak (though next to no dramatic tension) to make it an engag-

Inferno, but Emmerich has no imagination: His A–listers live, his support players die. Worse, he subscribes to a rigid ethical code usually reserved for slasher films and fundamentalist diatribes: Likable characters tempted by the flesh suffer mean–spirited ends, as does anyone who dares to stand in the way of

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The perfect follow–up for those moviegoers who were simply crushed when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wrapped up at a too–brief 142 minutes, 2012 contributes another 158 minutes to the cause of wham–bam–thank– you–man cinema. No effect is too preposterous, no sound too deafening, and no cliche too enormous to be left out of the latest end–of–the–world effort from director Roland Emmerich, who there but for the grace of God goes Michael Bay. On balance, I can handle Emmerich’s output better than Bay’s, but it’s clear that the gap between them is shrinking at a rapid clip. Emmerich’s Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow may have been dopey, but both were carried off with a certain degree of panache, and ID at least gave us the lingering image of the White House being blown to smithereens by invading aliens. In 2012, we see the White House being crushed by a wayward naval vessel, a visual more moronic than iconic. 2012 brushes through the fuzzy science - basically, the sun is responsible for Earth’s impending doom, predicted by the Mayans way back when - in order to devote more of its time to its inane assortment of cardboard characters and the CGI effects that will wow some but fail to move others (they alternate between impressive and obvious).

John Cusack is the all–American protagonist, a stock underachiever named Jackson Curtis (not to be confused with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) who must rise from Everyman to Superman in order to save not only himself but his fractured family unit (ex–wife, distant son, chipper daughter). There’s also the well–meaning scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the duplicitous politician (Oliver Platt), the self–sacrificing U.S. president (Danny Glover), the conspiracy–theory nut who turns out to be right about everything (Woody Harrelson, whose zealotry was a lot more fun to watch in Zombieland), and so on. Even “master of disaster” Irwin Allen liked to shake up the status quo in such films as The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering

traditional family values. Such sermonizing takes a back seat, of course, to the action sequences, which basically seem to run on the same loop: A car (or plane) misses getting crushed by only this much. It’s marginally exciting the first 20 times it happens, less so the subsequent 30 times it’s shown. Then

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ing if undemanding experience. But its true intentions are revealed in its ample self–congratulatory dialogue. “Leigh Anne, you are changing that boy’s life.”

“No. [insert dramatic, Oscar–friendly pause here] He’s changing mine.” You can almost see the filmmakers patting themselves on their backs before heading home to their maximum–security Beverly Hills mansions.

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598-1883. Johnny Harris Restaurant, 1651 East Victory Drive , Savannah

Thanksgiving Day, until 8:30 p.m. Victory Drive, west of Optimist Stadium,

For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020.

The East Broad St. YMCA is collecting toys for their annual Christmas toy drive to help local families. They are looking for donations as well as volunteers. Call for more info: 912-233-1951 West Broad St. YMCA, 1110 May St. ,

Savannah Area Young Republicans

Activism & Politics Chatham County Campaign For Liberty

A group that is carrying the torch that Ron Paul lit for freedom and liberty. Mitch Anderson, 6957746, or visit www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/ GA/Chatham/ for dates, time and meeting place.

Chatham County Democratic Party

Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com. Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 109 W. Victory Dr. , Savannah http://www.chathamdems.com/

Coastal Empire Constitution Party

Meets every third Thursday of the month at Savannah Joe Coffee House in Pooler. 6pm for the Truth Project and 7pm for the Institute on the Constitution, plus current events and activities related to freedom. Call 484-5281 for more info or www.constitutionparty.com

Drinking Liberally

An informal gathering of left-leaners. august1494@excite.com or www.DrinkingLiberally. org.

National Council of Negro Women

meets the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m.

Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. , Savannah http:// www.sip.armstrong.edu/CivilRightsMuseum/ Civilindex.html

Purrs 4 Peace

Three minutes of simultaneous purring by cats (and honorary cats) around the world, conducted online (Facebook & Twitter) each Sunday at 3 p.m. by Savannah residents Confucius Cat and his human Staff. Details at www.ConfuciusCat. blogspot.com. Contact @ConfuciusCat (Twitter) or Acolytes of Confucius Cat (Facebook).

Savannah Area Republican Women

meets the first Wednesday of the month at 11:30 am at Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet Room on Victory Drive. Cost is $13 at the door.

Benefits Boat Parade Food Drive

12/13 Deck the hulls for a floating Christmas parade to help gather food for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Entry fee for each boat, participant, attendee is a non-perishable food item. Staging area at Chimney Creek, meet at 4:30pm. Parade at 5:30 pm. The Crab Shack , http://www.crabshackevents.com/

Donations to Feed the Hungry

The Coastal SCLC and the Savannah Hosea Feed the Hungry program is looking for donations and volunteers for its Christmas dinner event. Event is 12/23 at 5pm. Donations of turkey, ham, canned vegetables, paper plates, utensils and other items. For info, call Bernard Johnson 912-660-0479.

Hope House of Savannah

A nonprofit housing program for homeless women and their children. Hope House is requesting donation of new or gently used furniture for its transitional housing program, Peeler House. Pick-up can be arranged and a tax deductible letter will be provided. Call 236-5310.

Kevin Brophy Memorial Basketball Tournament

The tournament honors the local basketball player Kevin Brophy who was tragically killed in a car accident. It is open to all 7th and 8th grade teams from the area. Tournament runs 12/1412/19. Games are played at 5pm at Memorial Day School. Entry is $3/adults and $1/kids. Proceeds benefit a scholarship in Kevin’s memory.

Lions Club Xmas Tree Lot

The Lions Club of Savannah will host a Christmas Tree Lot this year. Proceeds benefit their chairtable endeavors. Douglas Firs ranging from 5-12 ft. tall. Open Nov. 22 thru Dec. 11, except

Miracle on May Street

Toiletry Drive for Union Mission

Three Spine & Sport clinics will be participating in a drive to help gather toiletries for men and women at Union Mission. From 12/1-12/24 S&S locations downtown, on the islands and in Effingham will be accepting donations. For more info: www.spinesport.org

Toys for Tots/Savannah Humane Society

The Lucas Theatre will be collecting donations of new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots as well pet supplies like food and blankets for the Humane Society. Items can be dropped off whenever the lobby is open for a performance.

For more info: mewalsh@lucastheatre.com Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. ,

United Way Fundraising Campaign

Donations can be made to the United Way of the Coastal Empire for their annual fundraising drive. Credit-card donations may be made calling 651-7701, and checks and money orders made payable to the United Way of the Coastal Empire, and can be mailed to: United Way of the Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St., Savannah, 31401.

United Way of Coastal Empire, http://www.uwce. org/

Call for Entries Busy Woman of the Year Award

In 250 words of less, say why your nominee should be given this award. Nominations can be submitted online at www.verveffect.com/busywoman or by mail at 648 Henry St., Savannah, 31401. For info, visit Savannah.EveryBusyWoman.com.

Buy Local Award Nominations

Buy Local Savannah is looking for nominations for business of the year and advocate of the year.

Deadline for nominations is Jan. 5th. For details and nomination forms, visit www.buylocalsavannah.com

Community Assistance Applications

The Junior League of Savannah is accepting applications for local non-profit organizations who advocate on behalf of women and children in the community. Applications are available at jrleaguesav.org or by calling (912) 790-1002.

Deadline Dec. 15. The Junior League offers funding and volunteers to its partner organizations.

Critz Tybee Run T-Shirt Contest

Open call for t-shirt designs for the Crtiz Tybee Run in February. $500 prize. Deadline for art submissions is Dec. 31 at 5pm. For guidelines visit: www.robmark.com/critztybeerun For more info, email: tybeeruninfo@robmark.com

Story Submissions

Savannah-based children’s book publisher, Castlebridge Books, has announced a January 10, 2010 deadline for story submissions.

Selected stories will be included in a book titled “Sharing Savannah”. The book will be a benefit for reading is fundamental. Guidelines: 400-600 word story, with a tie to Savannah, for children aged 0-5. Entry guidelines can be found at CastlebridgeBooks.com http://www.bigtentbooks. com/rifsavannahproject.aspx

Classes, Camps & Workshops “Money Smart” Financial Education Classes

Learn how to save money and budget wisely.

Presented by Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS), in partnership with the City of Savannah, Bank On Savannah, the FDIC, and Step Up Savannah. 10/5, 11/2, 12/7 at 2pm. or 10/19, 11/16, 12/21 at 6pm. Call to reserve space 912-691-2227. Bull Street library, board room,

Abstinence Education

Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29.

Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided.

Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah http://www.savstate.edu/

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056.

Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659.

Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah http://www. beaddreamer.com/

Construction Apprentice Program

Free 16-week training program for men and women interested in gaining construction skills for career level jobs in construction.

Earn a technical certificate of credit with no cost for trainingk, books or tools. To apply, call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish? Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m.

For information, e-mail cafecontigo@gmail. com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. , Savannah

Crime isn’t a Civil Right

The ongoing speech/spoken word presentation by local freelance crimefighter & communicator Nadra Enzi aka Capt. Black seeks venues to “grow safety consciousness together as one community.” For booking e-mail nadracaptblack@ymail.com

English as a Second Language

Have fun learning English with a teacher who has 20 years of experience. Small class sizes.

Meets every Thursday from 7-8pm. Walk-ins welcome. For more info, call: 845-764-7045 The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. ,

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register.

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Free swimming lessons

The Savannah Storm Swim Team is giving free swim lessons to any child between the ages 7 to 18. An adult must accompany any child or children under 10. Send e-mail with contact info to: thesavannahstorm@gmail. com.

Garbage, Goo, Recycling and YOU

The Chatham County Department of Public Works is sponsoring this show by the Puppet People, which will tour elementary schools to teach students the importance of learning to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. For bookings, call 355-3366.

Georgetown Playgroup

Meet the first and third Thursday of the month from 9:30-11am at the Northside clubhouse in Georgetown. Free.

German Language Classes

Two ongoing classes for beginners and experienced adults. We read, learn and talk.

Everybody who likes to learn German or likes to brush up German is welcome and will learn with a lot of fun. Beginners meet on Monday from 6-7pm, advanced from 7-8pm. 845-7647045. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave ,

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes

Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going. Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from

4-6 p.m. Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.

Porcelain Painting

Ongoing beginner, intermediate and advanced 4-day class. $250 includes supplies, brushes, porcelain and firing of art. 706-4956724, www.GaSeminarsbytheSea.com. Internationally renowned teachers. Tybee Island, Tybee Island , Tybee Island

Puppet Shows

Offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Savannah Conservatory for the Performing Arts

Low cost instruction in a group lesson format.

Classes in drama, dance, percussion, woodwinds, brass, strings, piano, vocals, guitar, visual arts and music theory Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30, 6:30 or 7:30pm. $60 per quarter. 352-8366, tsaconservatory@bellsouth.net.

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Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Offering a variety of business classes. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street , Savannah

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

Be bilingual. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. email savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www. savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. , Savannah

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program

This 12-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Mindy Saunders at 234-0525. The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street , Savannah http:// www.thestarfishcafe.org/

Volunteer 101

A 30-minute course that covers issues to help volunteers get started is held the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. The first Thursday, the class is at Savannah State University, and the third Thursday, at United Way, 428 Bull St. Register by calling Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.HandsOnSavannah. org. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

Clubs & Organizations Bike Night with Mikie

Every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items. The Red Zone Bar and Grill, 3975 Highway 17 , Richmond Hill

Bimmer Club of Savannah

Are you a BMW nut? Want to share your passion with others? Meet up for car shows, drives and group lessons in maintenance, etc.

Email for more info: carlor2002@aol.com, or call 912-308-0221 after 8pm.

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Garrett Partain Master Cosmetologist

Call for an appointment 912.897.1237

is the local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. It hosts monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http:// buccaneerregion.org/solo.html.

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

No Kidding

Join Savannah’s only social club for people without children! No membership fees, meet great new friends, enjoy a wide variety of activities and events. For more info, visit http://savannahnokidding.angelfire.com/ or e-mail: savannahnokidding@gmail.com

Old Time Radio Researcher’s Group

International fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

Civil Air Patrol

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. For a nominal annual fee, members will receive monthly training sessions and seminars and have weekly runs of various distances. Kathy Ackerman,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 596-5965.

Clean Coast

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m.

Call 308-2094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org. Savannah

A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavannah/.

Aerospace education programs and activities for adults and teens ages 12-18. Meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Visit www.gawg.cap. gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410. Savannah Flying Tiger Composite Squadron, Savannah International Airport , Savannah

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Meets monthly on the first Monday. Visit www. cleancoast.org for event schedule. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

Savannah Adventure Club

Coastal MINIs

Local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to go on motoring adventures together. Visit coastalminis.com. Starbucks, Victory Drive and Skidaway Road , Savannah

Coffee & Conversation

Held every Tuesday at 8am by Creative Coast as a networking event. http://links.thecreativecoast.org/conversation. Cafe Ambrosia, 202 E. Broughton St. , Savannah

Geechee Sailing Club

Meets the second Monday of the month (except for November) at 6:30pm. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. www.geecheesailingclub.org. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr ,

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

Meets the second Wed. of every month at 6:30 p.m. Call 236-8546. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. , Savannah

Low Country Turners

This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. Call 786-4508. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. , Savannah

Moon River Chorus

Ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Call Sylvia at 927-2651 or sylviapf@ aol.com. Whitefield United Methodist Church, 728 E. 55th Street , Savannah http://www. whitefieldumc.com/

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:1511:30 am Call 898-0869 and 897-6167 or visit www.mops.org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd , Savannah http://www.fbcislands.com/

Dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings. Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@gmail.com or visit www. savannahadventureclub.com

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 655-0994.

Savannah Art Association

Now accepting membership applications for 2010. The SAA is for visual artists of all media types. We gather monthly to exchange ideas, support and promote awareness and appreciation of the visual arts in Savannah. We also provide affordable avenues for members to market and exhibit their art. Call 232-7731 to receive an application.

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Savannah Browns Backers

This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team. Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting held the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 7487020. Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http://www.stewart.army.mil/

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the

Savannah Jaycees

A Junior Chamber of Commerce for young professionals that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 961-9913 or visit www. savannahjaycees.com. Jaycee Building, 101 Atlas St. , Savannah

Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail mickie_ ragsdale@comcast.net.

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. 32 Bull St , Savannah http:// www.firstcityclub.com/

Savannah Toastmasters

helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

Savannah Wine Lovers

A sometimes formal group that also sometimes just gets together to drink wine. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/savannahwine-lovers.

Savannah Writers Network

meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Melissa Sanso, 441-0030. 8108 Abercorn St , Savannah

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail. com Savannah Mall,

Southern Wings

Local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. Visit http://southernwingswai.com.

Stitch-N’s

Knitting, spinning and crocheting Monday and Tuesday from 5-8pm and occasional Sunday 2-4pm at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty. Jennifer Harey, 238-0514. wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty , Savannah

Sweet Adeline Chorus

rehearses weekly on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hopsital’s meeting rooms.

Contact vicky.mckinley1@comcast.net. Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Tarde en Espanol

Meets the last Wednesday orf every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment.

236-8566.

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us.

Tybee Knights Chess Club

Meets every Wednesday, 6:30pm at Seaside Surf Coffee Shop. All levels welcome. For more info, call Will Strong, 912-604-8667.

Seaside Surf Coffeeshop, Tybee Island

Tybee Performing Arts Society

meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@ netscape.com. Old Tybee School, Tybee Island , Tybee Island

Urban Professionals

Meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com. 2 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. Savannah

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance.

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Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@ aol.com.

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Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes are held Monday through Friday at the St. Pius X Family Resource Center. Classes start at $25.00 per month. For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-2722797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. Email: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round.

(912) 921-2190 The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads ,

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers.Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St. , Savannah http://www. ayoluwa.org/

Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3:30. Open to the public.

Cost $2.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo. com. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd ,

Ballroom Dance Party

12/12 - Join the Moon River Dancers for a friendly evening of dancing. Tango lesson at 7pm. Social dance from 8-10:30pm. Singles and beginners welcome. Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. ,

Beginner’s Belly Dance Class

Classes teaching the basics of belly dancing.

Walk-ins welcome. Sundays 11:40am-12:40pm.

Contact Nicole Edge: 912-596-0889. kleokatt@ gmail.com Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St. ,

Beginners Belly Dancing Classes

Wednesdays 6PM-7PM @ The Charles H. Morris Center for the Arts, 10.00$ per class, Thursdays 6:30-7:30PM @ Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 4 classes for 60$ or 17.50$ per class, and Sundays 11:40 AM-12:40 @ Tantra Lounge, 10.00$ per class. For more info contact Nicole Edge at kleokatt@gmail.com, or 912-596-0889. www. cairoonthecoast.com.

Belly Dance Classes

Taught by Nocturnelle. Contact Maya,313-1619, nocturnellegbd@yahoo.com or www.nocturnelle. org.

C.C. Express Dance Team

Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group.

Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Savannah

Ceili Club

Experience Irish Culture thru Irish social dancing. No partner or experience needed. Learn the basics of Irish Ceili dancing. 7176 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. For more info email PrideofIrelandGA@gmail.com.

Chicago-Style Steppin’ Lessons

Every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Also learn new line dances. Contact Tunya Coleman at 6316700.

Flamenco Enthusiasts

Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 or 3 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome.

If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo. com. 2212 Lincoln St , Savannah

Gretchen Greene School of Dance

Register for fall classes in tap, ballet, lyrical, acrobatics, jazz and hip-hop for ages 3 and up.

Adult tap classes are held Tuesday from 7:308:15 for beginners and Monday from 7:15-8 p.m. for intermediate. Call 897-4235.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

Meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Savannah

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Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified.

For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@gmail. com or 912-704-2052.

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Modern Dance Class

For beginners/intermediate. Tuesdays 1011:15am. Studio at 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more information call Elizabeth at 912-354-5586.

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Pole Dancing Class

For exercise...Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms, a total body workout. Ladies Only! The only thing that comes off is your shoes. Classes are held Wednesdays at 7:30pm and on Fridays by request. Call for details 912-224-9667 or visit www.fitnessbodybalance.com. 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. , Savannah

center.com or hiddenwellacupuncture@gmail. com. 318 East Huntingdon Street , Savannah

Belly Dancing for Fun and Fitness

Colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, jingly rattling bracelets, exotic music are provided.

Held Tuesdays at 1 pm and Saturdays at 3pm, cost is $20 per class. consistantintegrity@yahoo. com.

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

Offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free.

Call 652-6780 or 965-9629. U.S. Highway 80 West , Pooler

Crossfit Hyperformance

Meets mormings at 6:30am at Crossfit Hyperformance. Visit www.crossfithyperformance. com. or call Jennifer at 224-0406 or Drew at 541-0530. 904 E 70th Street , Savannah

Crunch Lunch

Salsa Classes

30 minute Core and ABs concentration class.

Offered 11:30 am and 12:00pm Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays @ Fitness Body & Balance 2127 1/2 East Victory Dr. www.fitnessbodybalance.com 912-398-4776 or 912-224-9667 2209 Rowland Ave, Suite 2 , Savannah

Salsa Lessons

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary.

Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

Learn Salsa “Rueda de Casino” style every Wednesday, from 6-7pm Beginner, 7-8pm Intermediate, at the Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Grace, 234-6183 or Juan, 3305421. Savannah Beginners class: Mondays, 7:30-8:45pm. Intermediate class: Tuesdays, 7-8pm. No partner required. Contact : salsavannah@gmail.com for more info. Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St. ,

Savannah Shag Club

offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36. 2309 E. Victory Dr , Thunderbolt

Shag & Beach Bop

The Savannah Dance Club hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered last two Monday’s. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop. com. Lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. ,

Swing Dancing by Savannah Swing Catz

Free swing dance lesson and dance every Monday, 7:30-8pm, dancing from 8-10pm. Tantra Lounge 8 E. Broughton St. Free. 220-8096, info@ SavannahSwingcatz.com. Savannah

Tribal Style Belly Dancing

Khebeyet Tribal is now offering classes in Tribal Style Belly Dance. Mondays 7-8pm at Archer Way Townhomes on Abercorn St. For more info call Maya at 912-704-2940 or email mayakali7@ yahoo.com. http://www.khebeyet.com/

Events Bingo

Join in the fun every Monday and Saturday.

Games start at 7:30pm. The Fraternal Order of Eagles, 5406 LaRoche Ave. ,

Tacos on Tuesdays

All you can eat tacos for $5 every Tuesday, 6-9pm. Bar available. Open to everyone. 3986732 or 354-5515. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. , Savannah

Fitness Acupuncture for Health

Available Monday thru Saturday at Hidden Well Acupuncture Center downtown. Traditional Chinese medical consultations and treatments are available with Fawn Smiley and Nicole Coughlin Ware. 233-9123, www.hiddenwellacupuncture-

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Gentle Yoga

Offered Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Participants must be 18 or older. Mat and blanket are required. Limited to 12 participants. Pre-register at adultenrichment@uusavanah.org or call 2340980. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah upstairs in Phillippa’s Place. 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah. org/

Hatha Yoga classes

Every Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being, Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Kidz Fitness

Aerobic fitness class for children 6-13 with weight concerns. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Hospital Wellness Center. Children must be members of the Candler Wellness Center. 819-8800. Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Learn Kung Fu Today

The Temple of Martial Arts is a Kung Fu school where men and women of all levels of martial arts experience come together to learn the art of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. SiFu Michael, 429-9241.

407 E Montgomery Cross Rd, Ste B , Savannah

Men On Weights

Designed for those who want to work out in a group setting with family and friends. For pricing call 898-7714. Spine & Sport, 22 West Oglethorpe Ave , Savannah

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, pre-crawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah

Pilates Class

This exercise program strengthens and revitalizes without building bulk. Call to pre-register 912-819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

Pilates Mat Classes

Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm1:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm. All levels welcome! Private and Semi-Private equipment

classes are by appointment only. Parking available. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor Call 912.238-0018 Momentum Pilates Studio, 310 E. 41st St , http://savannahpilates. com/

Qi Gong

Ancient Chinese “energy work” that is the precursor to Tai Chi. Gentle exercises that relax and energize. Sundays. 4pm. Ashram Savannah 2424 Drayton St. http://www.ashramsavannah.com/

Reiki Treatments

Reiki master Dante Santiago is trained in Usui Reiki Ryoho. Fifty-minute sessions are $60 and 50-minute in-studio sessions are $45. Call 6601863 for times and appointments.

Rolf Method Bodywork

For posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900. Island Somatherapy, 127 Abercorn Street , Savannah

Savannah Yoga Center

Located at 1321 Bull St. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com for schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah

Savannah Yoga Co Op

Discounted class prices, open studio time and special events. Ashram Savannah, 2424 Drayton St. , Savannah http://www.yogacoopsavannah. com/

Senior Power Hour

A program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals.

The program may include, but isn’t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 898-7714.

Squats N’ Tots

This class will help you stretch and strengthen overused body parts, as well as focus on muscle endurance, low impact aerobics, and abdominal work. Your baby (age 6 weeks to one year) can get in on the fun, or simply stay close to you on your mat. Call to pre-register 912-819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

Student Massage

Student massage is offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $30 to $40 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 3553011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com. Savannah

Tai Chi Classes

St. Joseph’s/Candler offers Tai Chi classes in the evenings every Tuesday and Thursday.

Tai Chi is an exercise derived from the ancient Chinese martial arts. Call to pre-register. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah

Tybee Island Sunrise Boot Camp

is held Monday – Friday from 6-7am. Park at North Beach parking lot and go over first crossover. Bring a mat. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio. Vicki Lyn, 596-3009. No prices at this time, but contributions accepted.

Tybee Island

Yoga and Pilates Classes

Yoga: Tues 8am & 5:45pm, Thurs at 8am & 5:30pm Pilates: Mon at 7pm, Sat at 8am. Class sizes are small, so please RSVP: 912-341-9477 or brandon@pro-fitpersonaltraining.com Pro-Fit Personal Training, 18 E. Broughton St. 2nd Floor

Yoga In the Park

Presented by the Savannah Food Coop, a paywhat-you-can yoga class in the south field of Forsyth Park. Bring a large towel or yoga mat.

Wednesdays 9:30-10:45am. Pay-what-youcan/$12 suggested, www.savannahcoop.com.

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All levels welcome. Improve your range of motion and energy levels. Small groups and private lessons available. Historic District studio. Please call to set up your first class.

Times are flexible to suit your needs. 912-2324490 or email blh63@hotmail.com

Zumba Fitness

Classes are being held every week in the Pooler and Rincon areas. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music, dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system. No dance partner is required. Participants of all ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. The cost is $7 per class. For location and info, contact Carmen at 484-1266 or calexe@comcast.net.

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org. 307 E Harris St , Savannah

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. Savannah

Georgia Equality Savannah

The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996. Savannah

Savannah Pride, Inc.

responsibility matters®

Meets on the first Tues of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Christina Focht at 663-5087 or email christina@savpride.com.

First City Network, Savannah http://www. firstcitynetwork.net/

Stand Out Youth

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@ standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth. org. First City Network, Savannah http://www. firstcitynetwork.net/

What Makes A Family

A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611.

Health Better Breathers of Savannah

Meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with the disease.

For info, call Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@ yahoo.com.

Community Cardiovascular Health

Control your high blood pressure. Free blood pressure checks and information at the Community Cardiovascular Council at 1900 Abercorn St. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 232-6624. . , Savannah

Community HealthCare Center

A non-profit organization that provides free medical care for uninsured individuals who work or live in Chatham County and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. All patients receive free examinations, medicine through the patient assistance program and free lab work. Women receive free pap tests and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to see if you qualify for services. Located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5, Medical Center. Savannah

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts Survivor Walk

This monthly cancer survivors’ walk is free and open to all survivors and their loved ones.

Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6654.

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings

Conducted at three locations. From 8:30a. m.-12:30p.m. and 5:15p.m.-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the St. Joseph’s/ Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an appointment. Every Monday from 10a.m.-12p.m. at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appointment is necessary. Every Monday through Friday from 10a.m.-2p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578. Savannah http://www.sjchs. org/1844.cfm

Free Chair Massages

Free 10 minute chair massages. First come, first serve. Mon, Wed & Fri from 5-7pm.

Therapeutic Massage Specialists, 18 E. Broughton St. 2nd Floor ,

Free hearing & speech screening

Every Thursday morning from 9-11 a.m. at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. 1206 E 66th St , Savannah http://www.savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Free Vision Screenings

Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 11a.m.5p.m. at Sam’s Club Optical-Savannah. No membership is required. Call 352-2844. 1975 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. , Savannah

Healthcare for the Uninsured

St. Mary’s Health Center is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 443-9409. St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. ,

Hearing Aid Funds Available for Infants and Children

The Coastal Health District’s Universal Newborn Hearing and Screening Initiative has funds available for the purchase of hearing aid devices for infants and children 3 and under who qualify and live in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long and McIntosh Counties. For info, contact Jackie King at 691-6882 or toll-free at 1-866-6470010.

Help for Iraq War Veterans

A method used at Fort Campbell to treat lack of sleep, anger, flashbacks, nightmares and emotional numbness in veterans is available in Savannah. 927-3432.

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727. 211 Price St , Savannah http://www.mybrothazhome.org/

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes

The group classes offer an opportunity for couples to learn the child birthing process together. Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com. Family Health & Birth Center, 119 Chimney Rd , Rincon http://www.themidwifegroup.com/

HypnoBirthing Classes

Learn to birth in a calm and gentle environment without fear. Uses relaxation, meditation and guided imagery to achieve the birthing experience you desire. Tiffany, tiffany@savannahdoula.com.

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9261, www.lllusa.org/web/SavannahGA.html. Family Health and Birth Center, 1692 Chatham Parkway , Savannah

Ladies Living Smart Fitness Club

Providing nutritional education and an exercise program to encourage lifestyle changes for women. Call for more info. Every Tuesday from 5:30-7pm. St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. ,

Meditation and Energy Flow Group

Meet with others who practice meditation or want to learn how, discuss techniques, & related areas of holistic health, healing, Reiki, Energy Medicine, CAM. Reduce stress, increase peace & health! www.ellenfarrell. com, http://meditation.meetup.com/490

Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Relief

Learn to relax through non-religious meditation. Instruction and practice followed by Q&A. Thursdays, 6-7pm. $5. Small World Therapeutic Massage on Whitemarsh Island (next to Jalapenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s). 897-7979. 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah

Memorial Health blood pressure check

Free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 350-7587.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health CPR training

FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30.

Call 350-4030 or visit www.memorialhealth. com. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah

Narcotics Anonymous

Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 727-3177, visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.or e-mail gadolphin@comcast.net.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Walk on the Wild Side

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits. Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org. 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah

Pets & Animals A Walk in the Park

Professional pet sitting, boarding, dog walking and house sitting services offered in downtown Savannah and the nearby islands.

All jobs accepted are performed by the owner to ensure the safety of your pets. Local references available. Please call 401.2211 or email lesleycastle@gmail.com to make a reservation.

Dog Yoga

Class is held every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life.

Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor.

Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroom.com. Savannah

Smoke Stoppers

Feral Cat Program Needs Supplies

Stop Smoking Through Hypnosis

Professional Pet Sitting and Dog Walking

Group-facilitated smoking cessation program offers an intensive class in 7 sessions over 3 weeks featuring a wide range of proven-effective strategies to help smokers control their urges, manage nicotine withdrawal and stress and avoid weight gain. The cost is $100. Call 819-6718. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/ No pills, patches, gum, lasers, weight gain, withdrawal or side effects. 15 years experience. 927-3432.

The Quit Line

A toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco.

Call 1-877-270-STOP or visit www.unitegeorgia.com.

Understanding Your Insurance Coverage

12/10, 5:30pm - An educational program to help people understand what is covered by their health insurance. Call for more info: 4476605. SJ/C African American Health Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. ,

Weight Loss Through Hypnosis

Lose weight with Guided Imagery and Hypnosis. No pills, diets or surgery. 927-3432.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Class is free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. Learn to increase your strength and flexibility and improve your overall wellbeing. For more information, call 350-0798.

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Exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures.

The center offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks. Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. 1510 Strand , Tybee Island

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The Milton Project is seeking supplies, including small spice containers (plastic only), medium-sized gloves, batteries and flashlights with hook-on belt loops, hand-held can openers, puppy training pads, canned tuna and mackeral, bath sheets and beach towels, blankets and buckets to hold supplies for trappers. Contact Sherry Montgomery at 351-4151 or sherry@coastalpetrescue.org.

Insured, bonded, certified in pet first aid and CPR. 355-9656, www.athomepetsitters.net.

Savannah Kennel Club

The club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier. Call 656-2410 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. 209 Stephenson Ave , Savannah

St. Almo

The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meet at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Time changes with season. Call for time change. Call 234-3336. Savannah http://www. caninepalacesavannah.com/

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FACT: The Blood Alliance must collect 350 pints of blood each day to meet local hospital needs.

FACT: Your donation of one pint of whole blood takes under an hour and can save three lives.

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Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.

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Polly Cooper and Ellen Taber

The two authors are each releasing books centered around Tybee this month. They will have two signings. 12/11, 3-7pm at the Old Tybee School and 12/12, 1-3pm at E.Shavers Booksellers.

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A book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, Savannah http://www.liveoakpl. org/

Religious & Spiritual Calling All Christians

Open prayer will be held the second Thursday of the month from 4-4:20 p.m. at the Forsyth Park fountain. Call Suzanne at 232-3830. Savannah

Chanted Office of Compline

The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah, located on Johnson Square. Christ Church, 28 Bull St. ,

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16 OutKast album that rated #1 on Metacritic’s Top Albums of 2000 17 Island in the Mediterranean 18 It can get high every day 19 Spine-chilling 21 Yellowfin tuna variety 22 Denom. of South Carolina’s Allen University 23 His “Goblet of Fire” was Amazon.com’s #1 bestselling book of 2000 26 Language that gives us “schadenfreude” 28 Pissed-off looks 29 Confesses (to) 33 H, in a fraternity 34 With “The,” sitcom that made Time’s 10 Best TV Series of 2001 list 38 Bolivian president Morales 39 “Pig’s blood at the prom” movie 40 Be ready for 43 May-December difference, perhaps 47 Gamespy.com’s PC Game of the Year, 2001 51 Junkyard dog’s warning 52 Former Texas Rangers pitcher Kameron 53 Swedish politician Olof assassinated in 1986 54 “Knowing” star Nicolas 55 Talk show ending in 2011 57 Compact that made Car & Driver’s Best Car of 2001 list 60 Rhone tributary 61 Complaint when the lights are out 62 Belly button that collects lint 63 Bases, chemically speaking

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23 Kate Hudson’s mom Goldie 24 Years, to Nero 25 [snicker] 27 Angel in Mormon history 30 “Hey, wait a ___!”

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Christian Businessmen’s Committee

Meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 898-3477.

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DrUUming Circle

First Saturday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets.

Drummers, dancers and the drum-curious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org.

313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah.org/

Live Web-streaming

Attend church from home Sundays at 9 and 11am with Pastor Ricky Temple and Overcoming

by Faith Ministries. Log onto www.overcomingbyfaith.org, click ’Watch Now’. 927-8601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. , Savannah

Metaphysics For Everyday Self-Mastery

A series of metaphysical/New Thought classes at The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St., Mondays 8pm, with Adeeb Shabazz. $10 suggested donation, 1-877-494-8629, www. freedompathonline.org, freedompath@yshoo. com. Savannah

Midweek Bible Study

Every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible. 352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com. Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue , Savannah http://www.montgomerypresbyterian.com/

Music Ministry for Children & Youth

The children’s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m. Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www.wbumc.org. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd , Savannah

Nicodemus by Night

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus by Night, Savannah

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

Meets Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St , Savannah http://www.trinitychurch1848.org/

Realizing The God Within

A series of Metaphysical/New Thought classes presented by The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, featuring metaphysical minister and local author Adeeb Shabazz. Mondays at 8pm. 619 W 37th St. , Savannah

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness. The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121.

Stand for Peace

A sllent witness for peace that will be held in Johnson Square the fourth Sunday of every month from 1-2pm until the occupation ends.

Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice and Action Committee. 224-7456, 231-2252, 234-0980, uusavannah.org Johnson Square, Bull & Abercorn Sts. , Savannah

The Savannah Zen Center

Soto Zen Meditation offered weekday mornings 7:30-8:30am; Tuesday evenings 6-6:30pm with Study Group following from 6:30-7:30pm; Friday evenings from 6-6:30pm. Sundays from 9-10:30am which includes a Dharma talk. Donations accepted. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, cindy@ alwaysoptions.com. The Savannah Zen Center, 2424 Drayton St. , Savannah

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service.

Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 233-6284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice. Savannah

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith.

Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary. 2340980, admin@uusavannah.org or www.uusavannah.org. 313 Harris St. , Savannah

Unity of Savannah

A church of unconditional love and acceptance.

Sunday service is at 11 a.m. Youth church and childcare also are at 11 a.m. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Spiritual Tapas offers something different every Saturday at 6:15 p.m.: spiritual movies, discussion groups, guided meditations, great music and all things metaphysical. www.unitysavannah.org Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd , Savannah http://www.unityofsavannah. org/

Women’s Bible Study

at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 1601 Drayton St , Savannah http://www.wesleyctrs-savh.org/

Sports & Games Savannah Disc Golf Club

Open Doubles Tournament at 1 p.m. each Saturday at Tom Triplett Park on U.S. 80 between Dean Forest Road and Interstate 95. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West , Pooler

Support Groups Al Anon Family Groups

A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 598-9860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah.freeservers.com. Savannah

Al-Anon Meetings

Meetings for families and friends of alcoholics are held every Monday at 5:30pm and Saturday at 11am. Melissa, 844-4524. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave , Savannah http://

Alcoholics Anonymous

If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group

Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts a Caregiver’s support group for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members.

The group meets every second Monday at the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. For more information, call 236.0363, ext. 143. Savannah

Amputee Support Group

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Bipolar Support Group

John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

Cancer support group

Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-8784. Savannah

Caregiver’s Support Group

Meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month. For more info: 912-925-5924. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd. ,

Caring for Us

A support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399.

CASA Support Group

For parents and caregivers of children who have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care.

The group meets the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.

Savannah

Celiac Support Group

For anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call 507-2592.

Children’s Grief Groups

Open, drop-in support groups for children ages 6-17 who have experienced a loss by death. Meets Tuesdays 6-7pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. 303-9442. Savannah

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633. Savannah

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 355-1221 or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org.

5354 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250. This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years.

Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. 55 Al Henderson B;vd. , Savannah

Debtors Anonymous

Meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, 225 W. President St. in the third floor New Beginnings Room. Enter on President Street through the left-hand set of glass doors between Whitaker and Barnard streets. Arrive

early, as the entry doors are locked promptly at 5:30 p.m. For information, e-mail DAsavannah@yahoo.com. Savannah http://www. trinitychurch1848.org/

Depressive/Manic support group

Open to persons diagnosed with depression. Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 920-0153 or 927-2064.

4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

“Stepping Stone Sudoku” Each circled square in this sudoku is the same number of steps away from another circled square with the same digit in it as the digit in those two circled squares. For example, a circled square with a 3 in it will have another circled square with a 3 in it exactly 3 steps away. Conversely, a square that is not circled will not have another occurrence of its digit that many steps away. A step is a move into a horizontally or vertically neighboring square (diagonally doesn’t count). Note that none of the circled squares contains the digit 1, because that would require a second 1 in the same row or column. Also note that the number of steps in a path between two squares is counted as the smallest number of steps required to travel between those two squares. When you’re done, as in a standard Sudoku, each row, column, and 3x3 box will contain the digits 1-9 exactly one time. Don’t be scared, you can do it! Or can you...? psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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Divorce Recovery Group

For men and women dealing with the pain and shock of divorce. For more information or to sign up, call Paula Morris, 353-2808. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave , Savannah http://www.fpc.presbychurch.net/

Domestic violence support group

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Inc. Building at 3205 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888.

Savannah

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the second Thursday from 5:306:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St..

819-6743. 5354 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Fibromyalgia Support Group

A support group for sufferers of fibromyalgia.

Meets the 2nd Thursday of every month. Candler Heart & Lung Bldg., Conference Room 3,

First Line

An after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Gray Matters Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center. 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

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Grief 101

A 7-week educational group offering support and coping tools for adults who have experienced a loss by death. Meets Tuesdays 6-7pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. RSVP to 303-9442. Savannah

HIV/AIDS: My Brothaz Home

A support group for men meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.

Hope House

Provides housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, followup care and parent-child activities funded by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families.

Please call 236-5310 for information. Hope House of Savannah, 214 E. 34th St. , Savannah

Keeping hope alive while living with cancer

meets the fourth Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Women’s Services Conference Room at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health. Call 350-7845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

KidsNet Savannah Parent Support Group

meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 644-5916.

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “Indignation is one of the most rewarding of emotions,” writes Theodore Dalrymple, “as well as one that automatically gives meaning to life... There is nothing like irritation to get the juices circulating and the mind working.”

Of all the ideas that have made me irritable and indignant in recent weeks, this one steams me the most. I disagree so completely that I am practically beside myself with paralyzing rage. And as I plunge my attention further and further into his ridiculous proposal, I feel the tension coursing through my body. I sense my mind becoming swampy, my perceptions distorted. There’s a good chance that I am inducing in myself a state of stressed–out stupidity. Please don’t follow my example, Aries. It’s possible that sour fury could be useful to you at other times, but right now you should avoid it. If you want your intelligence to work at peak efficiency in the coming days, you’ll need long stretches of tender, lucid calm.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) The evidence is incontrovertible: You have definitely acquired more power in 2009. Whether that means you are now sitting in a corner office bossing around a gaggle of subordinates, I don’t know. What I do know is that you are in greater charge of your own destiny. You know yourself much better, and are smarter about providing yourself with what you need, when you need it. You have gained access to enormous new reserves of willpower, in part by harnessing the energy of your obsessive tendencies. Blind fate just doesn’t have the same control over your life as it used to. More than ever before, you’re making decisions based on what’s really good for you rather than on your unconscious compulsions.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) I trust you’ve traveled all over creation in 2009 –– or have at least exposed yourself to a wide range of novel sights and sounds near your home turf. I pray that you’ve escaped one shrunken niche, two narrow perspectives, and three low expectations. I’m also hoping that in these last 12 months, you have regularly sought out pleasant jolts and breathtaking vistas that have inspired you to see the big picture

of your unfolding destiny. If you haven’t been doing these things with the eager abandon you should have, please take the next flight to the other side of the world. Eat unfamiliar food, meet people who are very different from you, listen to strange music, climb a mountain, and get your mind blown.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) So how are you doing with your year–long resurrection project, Cancerian? Have you been taking care of the finishing touches these past few weeks? If not, do so soon.

It’s high time for you to officially and definitively rise from the dead.

Your wandering in the underworld is at an end. Your mourning for broken dreams should be complete.

In January, the age of exploration will begin; make sure your reborn spunk is ready for action by then.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) I bet your relationship life will be a source of revolutionary teachings in 2010. Adventures in intimacy and partnership will draw you into some highly educational fun and games. You will be invited to dramatically expand your understanding of the nature of commitment.

You will also be asked to dig deeper to discover your real desires, which up until now have been partially camouflaged by more superficial longings that were grafted onto you during the darker days of adolescence. How should you prepare for the interesting tests of the next 12 months? How can you get yourself in shape to earn the demanding gifts that will be within reach? Now is an excellent time to start thinking about those questions.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Whenever the tide goes out, the creek I live next to loses a lot of its water to the bay. It becomes a narrow trickle surrounded by stretches of mud. From a distance the mud looks like a wet black desert, but if you get up close you’ll see it’s covered with tiny furrows, pits, and bulges. This is evidence that many small creatures live there, although only the hungry ducks and egrets know exactly where to look to find them. Be like those birds, Virgo. As you survey your version of the mud flat, ignore anyone who tells you that it’s barren. Go searching for

the rich pickings.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) It seems to me that in 2009 you’ve learned to love the fact that all the world’s a stage. You’ve found roles that have been fun to play, and you’ve expressed yourself with the nuanced zeal of a skilled actor in an elaborate theatrical production.

I have very much enjoyed seeing you reveal the full range of your inner riches. If I were going to award Oscars to the astrological signs, you Libras would get the prize for “Best Performance of One’s True Self.”

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) “The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident,” said filmmaker Sidney Lumet. He was talking about the craft of creating movies, but he could have also been advising you on how to make the most of the coming week.

Your task, as I see it, is to set in order everything that can be set in order. Get very organized. Make sure you’re well–rehearsed. Be warmed up and highly alert. That way you’ll be ready to respond with graceful intensity when serendipitous opportunities arise within the framework you’ve put in place.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

One of your top accomplishments in 2009 is the way you have united parts of yourself that had not previously been very well connected. It seems you decided that you were tired of being split up into fragmented sub–personalities that had different agendas. Somehow you managed to convince them all to work together in a common cause.

Now I’m quite impressed with the new spirit of cooperation that’s at work in your depths. I predict it will lead to an unprecedented singleness of purpose in 2010.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

In his book *The Way of Transition,* William Bridges defines the “neutral zone” as “that in–between time, after you’ve let go of your old life and before you have fully discovered and incorporated your new life.” Sound familiar? Maybe the neutral zone where you’re currently simmering isn’t as dramatic as that –– maybe you haven’t been stripped of every single certainty and you’re not wandering in limbo.

But I suspect you have at least let go of one aspect of your old familiar rhythm and have yet to ease into the one that’ll be familiar in the future. My advice? Don’t rush it. Get all you can out of this unique and educational time in the neutral zone.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) In 2009, the cosmic powers–that– be have been conspiring to get you to expand your self–image and enlarge your understanding of your place in the world. So I trust that in these last 12 months you have started a business or organized a support group or reinvented your physical appearance or begun your masterpiece –– or done *something* to initiate a new phase in your long–term cycle. If for some reason you’ve been remiss about doing this work, I suggest you scramble to make up for lost time.

And if you *have* been taking advantage of the abundant cosmic help, it’ll soon be time to move on to phase two: consolidation.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) To prepare for his turn to hit, a Major League baseball player slips a doughnut–shaped piece of metal over the top of his bat, making it a few pounds heavier than it normally is. He then takes a number of practice swings. The theory is that when he removes the doughnut and strides up to home plate to actually hit against a pitcher who’s throwing the ball at 90 miles per hour, the bat will feel lighter and he’ll be able to swing faster. As you prepare for your own equivalent of going up to bat, Pisces, I urge you to use this as your operative metaphor. cs

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin, 350-7845.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Living without Violence

The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship.

Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 234-9999. First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. , Savannah

Lupus Encouragement Group

A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 4476605.

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group

meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. 355-5196. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah

Memorial Health Bleeding Disorders Support Group

Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth. com/

Memorial Health Focus

Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Multiple Sclerosis support group

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 3551523. St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave , Savannah

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226. 351-7035 or 3537143. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. , Savannah http://about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders

meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 233-1006. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.wesleymonumental.org/

Overeaters Anonymous

meets Wednesdays at 5:30pm. Melissa, 8444524. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave , Savannah http://www.fpc.presbychurch. net/

Overeaters Anonymous

meets Fridays, 6:30pm. Melissa, 844-4524.

Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd , Savannah http://www.unityofsavannah.org/

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group

Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth. com/

Parkinson’s Support Group

Meets the first Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Marsh Auditorium. Call 355-6347 or 238-4666. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

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PRIDE Support Group

This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http:// www.memorialhealth.com/

Rape Crisis Center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 233-7273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families.

Rape Crisis Center Incest Survivor’s Group

As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it. For information, call Martyn Hills at 651-4094.

S-Anon Family Group

A fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For information, call 663-2565.

Safe Shelter Outreach Program

Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential and free.

3025 Bull St. 651-0004. Safe Shelter Outreach Program, 3025 Bull St. , Savannah

Sexaholics Anonymous

A fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions. 351-7440.

Spinal Injury Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial Health. For information, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

Spouse/Life Partner Grief Support

An open, drop-in support group for adults.

Meets Thursdays from 11am-12:30pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. 303-9442. 7212 Seawright Dr. , Savannah

Stroke Support Group

Speak with someone who has survived a stroke, who will listen and understand stroke patients’ experiences. Groups meet in three locations -- every Tuesday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave.; every Friday from 10-11 a.m. at Savannah Speech and Hearing, 1206 E. 66th St., (call Jane Medoff at 355-4601); and every third Thursday of the month from 4-5:30 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church at 1 W. Ridge Rd. on Skidaway

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Support Group for New Moms

Sometimes being a mom isn’t what you expected. Offers new mothers a chance to share their feelings in a safe, friendly environment. Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 10am. Call Marlin, 786-4114 for more info.

Women who love too much

meets Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.

Women’s Self-Harm Support Group

For women with self-harm disorders. Dr. Patricia English, 335-2508. Free, although love offerings will be accepted.

“Man to Man” Prostate Cancer Support Group

The Parents of Difficult Teens Group

A support group for men with prostate cancer Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 2nd floor,

Transgender Support Group

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for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.

My Brothaz Home, Inc. is sponsoring this support group. For information, call Lady Maverick or George at 231-8727.

Transitions Grief Support

An open, drop-in support group for adxults who have experienced a loss by death. Meets Tuesdays from 6-7pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. 303-9442. Full Circle Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. , Savannah

Troup Square Al-Anon Family Group

A support group for friends and family of alcoholics, with special attention to issues of adult children of alcoholics. 495-9758 or www.al-anon. alateen.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www. uusavannah.org/

Truancy Intervention Project

meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 428 Bull St. in the United Way Building. The project can educate you regarding the new truancy law and how it impacts your child. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

United Way’s First Call for Help

Telephone information & referral service that provides expertise and relief to individuals and families in need, with a database of more than 500 agencies and organizations. 651-7730.

United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

Victim-Witness assistance program

is for families of murder victims. The meetings are at 6 p.m. in the Chatham County Courthouse on Montgomery St. third Thursday of each month. 652-7329. Chatham County Courthouse, 133 Montgomery St , Savannah http://www. statecourt.org/

Wheeze busters

is an asthma support group for children that meets in the Rainbow Room at The Children’s Place at Candler Hospital. Call 921-3368.

Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Dinner Theater: “Dead Men Don’t Speakeasy”

Enjoy dinner and a Roaring ’20s era who-dunnit murder mystery revolving around a cast of shady characters in a speakeasy. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Oct. 2 - Feb. 28. Seating begins at 7pm. Call (912) 231-8888 for reservations. Il Pasticcio, 2 E. Broughton St. ,

Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire?

An interactive performance that lets the audience solve the crime. The cost includes the show and a choice of three dinners. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The Pirate’s House, 20 E. Broad St , Savannah http://www. thepirateshouse.com/

Volunteers America’s Second Harvest Food Bank needs volunteers

to sort, clean, & shelve salvaged foods from reclamation centers where bent cans or crumpled boxes of nutritious food is sent. Apply as soon as possible. 912-236-6750 ext 109. America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, 2501 E. President St , Savannah http://www.helpendhunger.org

CASA needs volunteers

to speak up for abused children in court for their best interests and to help ensure they are placed in safe and permanent homes. Call 447-8908.

Community Health Mission

This non-profit organization is looking for volunteer nurses, doctors, nurses practitioners and development/fundraising volunteers to work at the center, which provides free medical care for working uninsured individuals. Flexible schedule. Apply by mail to: Community Health Mission, Inc. Attn: Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer, 310 Eisenhower Dr., Suite No. 6. Savannah, 31406. Fax number is 352-3980 or send email to mrittmeyer@chmsavannah.org. For info, visit www.chcsavannah.org.

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Become a volunteer with First Steps and provide support, education and community resources to help parents of newborns establish healthy and positive relationships with their babies. Call 8196910. St. Joseph’s Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Forestkeeper Volunteers Needed

Volunteers meet the second Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. at different locations each month to help care for trees and beautify our community. For more information, please call the Savannah Tree Foundation at (912) 233-TREE or visit us online at http://www.savannahtreefoundation.com.

Lifelink of Georgia seeks volunteers

Needed to speak to community groups, pass out information at health fairs and organize awareness-raising events. Potential volunteers include transplant recipients and their families, patients waiting for organ or tissue transplantation, donor families or anyone interested in organ and tissue donation. Call 341-0000. Lifelink of Georgia, 18 Chatham Court South , Savannah

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Project READ, an adult literacy program, is in need of volunteer tutors who can commit to 2 or 4 hours each week. Call Jodi at Royce Learning Center at 354-4047. Royce Learning Center, 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd , Savannah http:// www.roycelearningcenter.com/

Live Oak Regional Public Libraries

needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call 652-3661. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St , Savannah http://www.liveoakpl. org/

Meals on Wheels

Senior Citizens Inc.’s Meals on Wheels volunteers are responsible for delivering hot, nutritious meals to seniors on routes that typically do not exceed one hour in length. Volunteers may deliver as frequently as they choose and all meals are brought to the area by Senior Citizens Inc. staff. Training and support is provided. Call 236-0363. Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. , Savannah

Oatland Island Education Center

Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call 898-3980. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah http:// www.oatlandisland.org/

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897-1984, 8am-7pm Westside, Lamarville **1925 Cowan Ave. 3BR/1BA $700/month. **1929 Cowan Ave: 3BR/1.5BA $775/month. **1921 Fenwick 3BR/1BA, $725/month. **1921-B Fenwick 2BR D u p l ex , 1BA $550/month. *All above have carpet, A/C, washer/dryer hookup, fenced yard. References, application. Oneyear lease minimum.

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MOBILE HOMES: Available for rent. Located in mobile home park.

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NEWLY RENOVATED 3BR/2BA, large fenced-in backyard, total electric, central H&A, very good neighborhood. No Section 8. Call 912-659-8141 NICE 2BR Bungalow $595/month. 3BR HOUSE w/den $695/month. No pets. Reference. Call 355-5971.

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HAMPTON PLACE 5 Chadwick Court: 4bedrooms, 2-baths $1,150.

210 Katama Way: 3bedrooms, 2-baths $1,100.

185 BERWICK LAKES 3-bedrooms, 2-baths $975.

SAVANNAH HOMES 201 CHAPEL LAKE S.: 3-bedrooms, 2.5baths $1,100.

822 W. 44TH STREET: 3-bedrooms, 2-baths $800.

1122 E. 38th Street: 3-bedrooms, 1-bath $775.

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Rentals Available-2BR/1BA 107 Woodhouse ln, $600/month, $600 security deposit.

2502 Oak Forest $550/month, $500 securioty deposit 42 A Fair St, $500/month, $500 security deposit.

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RENT: DUPLEX 1220 E. 55th. 2-bedroom, 1-bath $475/month plus deposit of $475. Two blocks off Waters Ave, close to Daffin park. Call Alex, 912-401-5710, Days/Nights/Weekends.

Rent to Own 3BR/1BA on Cedar St., CH&A, $750/M + down pymt. 2BR/1BA on 56th St. CH&A $700/m + down pymt. Section 8 OK. 507-7875 or 356-5384

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ZENO MOORE CONSTRUCTION 409 E.Montgomery Xrds. 927-4383

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ROOMS FOR RENT: Clean, secure, central heat/air, ceiling fan, cable, electric, stove and refrigerator, washer/dryer. Near Library and bus route. Furnished. $150 weekly. John Simmons, 912-844-5865.

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SMALL HOUSE FOR RENT: on Ebenezer Creek, Rincon. 2BR/1BA, washer/dryer included. $550/month, $550/deposit. 912-657-0224.

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TYBEE - 2BR/1BA Apt., central-heat/air. Walk to beach, 1 block from AJ’s. $800/month, $800/deposit. Call 912-507-4637.

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COASTAL CT. Nice 2BR/2BA Apt, furnished kitchen $625.

CRESTHILL 3BR/1BA, furnished kitchen, home $750.

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CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 1711 Deanforest Rd, office & warehouse, 1500 sq ft, available now, 3000sq ft. Available Dec 1st, 912-925-8165 4 ROOM OFFICE Office condo on the south side. Approx. 1000 sq ft, 4 offices, waiting area, 1/2 bath, lots of storage, water included. $850.00 (912)272-0005 5400 SQ.FT. Retail sales.

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Office unit, 1120 sq ft, has 5 offices in Oglethorpe Professional Court. Less than $10 per square foot.

Call: 354-1453

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Laundry. Extras. No Smoke, drugs, drama. $450/mo +deposit.

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1st week $100. 2nd week until starting at $125/week. Furnished rooms w/cable tv, WI-FI, free laundry & off-street parking. All utilities included. Minimum deposit $50 required. See online at: http://savannahrooms.cjb.net CALL 912-220-8691 or 912-604-1890

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Star ting at $130/week. Includes cable, internet, all utilities, CH&A. Shared kitchen and bath. Safe environment. Call Life Housing @ 912-228-1242

rooms for rent 895 ROOM FOR RENT:130 Alpine Drive. $480/month $400/deposit or $150/week. Near HunterAAF. 1/2 electric.

Available Now. 912-272-8020 ROOMS FOR RENT From $85.00-$175.00 a week, cable and utilities included. Please call (912) 308-4242 for more information.

transportation 900

cars 910 FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work.

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